First space shuttle flight.

First space shuttle flight.

The first launch of the space shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, when Columbia, with astronauts commander John Young, and pilot Robert Crippen lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. Photographers, film and television crews and journalists swarmed to witness the historic event. About 600 thousand...

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Bibliographic Details
Format: Video
Language:English
Published: Geelong, Australia : World Wide Entertainment, 2007.
Series:World history in video.
Subjects:
Columbia (Spacecraft)
Space shuttles.
Space vehicles.
space shuttles.
spacecraft.
Cape Canaveral (Fla.)
Florida > Cape Canaveral.
Documentary.
Documentary television programs.
Nonfiction television programs.
Documentaires télévisés.
Émissions télévisées autres que de fiction.
Online Access:Click for online access
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Summary:The first launch of the space shuttle occurred on April 12, 1981, when Columbia, with astronauts commander John Young, and pilot Robert Crippen lifted off from the Kennedy Space Center. Photographers, film and television crews and journalists swarmed to witness the historic event. About 600 thousand spectators flocked to the coastal area to watch the lift-off. If successful, the shuttle project would be the backbone of the US space program and bring forward projects such as the international space station.
Item Description:Previously released on DVD.
Title from resource description page (viewed Sept. 1, 2011).
Physical Description:1 online resource (6 min.).
Playing Time:00:05:12
Language:English.

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