Columbia space shuttle launch successful

Title

Columbia space shuttle launch successful

Genre

News report; Special

TX Date

12 Apr 1981

Year of production

1981

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Duration

00:06:41

Description

Report on the successful launch of the Columbia space shuttle. Includes actuality of the countdown to the launch. Further comment from Gerald Wheeler of Rockwell International, the manufacturer of the shuttle. Andrew Manderstam reports from NASA Mission Control in Houston, Texas; other male reporters not identified.

Contributors

Andrew Manderstam; John W. Young; Robert Crippen; Gerald Wheeler

Keywords

USA; Space exploration; Safety; Space; NASA; Spacecraft; Astronauts; Space shuttles; Texas; Houston; Florida; Cape Canaveral; Space research; Columbia (space shuttle); Rockwell International; Robert Crippen; John W. Young

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