First Briton in space
- Title
- First Briton in space
- Genre
- Interview; Special
- TX Date
- 9 Feb 1995
- Year of production
- 1995
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- Duration
- 00:03:09
- Description
- Report on Michael Foale becaming the first Briton to walk in space, along with astronaut Bernard Harris, the first black American to go on a space walk. Clodagh Kennedy reports on the mission of the space shuttle Discovery as it met up with Russian space station Mir. Includes Michael Foale speaking during his space walk, Pam Alloway(?) of NASA on the success of the mission, and Michael Foale’s father Colin, on what’s next for his son.
- Contributors
- Clodagh Kennedy; Colin Foale; Michael Foale; Pam Alloway(?)
- Keywords
- Space exploration; Space stations; NASA; Astronauts; Michael Foale; Discovery (space shuttle); Mir (space station)
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