Applicants to be first British astronaut

Title

Applicants to be first British astronaut

Genre

News report; Interview

TX Date

13 Jul 1989

Year of production

1989

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Duration

00:02:00

Description

James Matthews reports on the applications received to be the first Briton in space on a joint UK-USSR mission to Mir space station. Includes Wendy Hamilton, Recruitment consultant on some of the unsuitable applicants; Yuri Ramanenko, Russian cosmonaut on personality required.

Contributors

James Matthews; Wendy Hamilton; Yuri Ramanenko

Keywords

UK; Space exploration; Space stations; Astronauts; Juno; Mir

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