The space race

Title

The space race

Genre

News report; Press conference

TX Date

3 Feb 1978

Year of production

1978

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Duration

00:02:15

Description

Norman Beebe reports on the space race, which the United States entered 20 years ago today with the launch of its first satellite into orbit. Recently, the Soviets’ Cosmos 954 was powered by a nuclear reactor and in view of general concerns about this, President Carter spoke at a news conference yesterday about the need for better safeguards.

Contributors

Jimmy Carter; Norman Beebe

Keywords

USSR; Jimmy Carter; Space exploration; Space; Nuclear safety; Spacecraft; Astronomy; Nuclear reactors; Artificial satellites; Cosmos 954; Nuclear engineering; Nuclear fuels

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