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When We Left Earth

A New Space Age

(04:00)

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The Hubble Space telescope launches with great promise, but soon proves to be an expensive disappointment. Take a sneak peek at how NASA fixed the telescope, bringing ...

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James Crocker

(01:57)

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The lead aerospace engineer for the Hubble Program recalls the challenges faced during the Hubble repair mission.

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Hubble Missions

(02:50)

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Highlights of a NASA film chronicling the April 1990 Shuttle mission to deploy Hubble and the December, 1993 mission of STS-61 to correct the telescope's faulty lens.

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Gemini 9

(01:11)

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NASA film archive footage of Gemini 9's failed attempt to dock with the new ADTA target vehicle after it's shroud failed to separate.

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Gemini 4 - #4

(01:35)

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NASA film archive footage of Ed White's Gemini 4 spacewalk, with rarely seen capsule interior shots.

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Gemini 4 - #3

(02:06)

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NASA archive footage of the preparations and launch of Gemini 4, including rarely seen colour sequences of Ed White's spacewalk training.

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Gemini 4 - #2

(03:32)

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Highlights from the 1965 NASA film "Four Days of Gemini 4" featuring the return and recovery of the capsule and the implications of this historic mission.

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First Shuttle Launch

(02:53)

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Highlights from a NASA film on the flight of STS-1 Columbia featuring the first launch of a manned Space Shuttle on April 12, 1981.

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Skylab

(03:56)

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Highlights from the NASA film "Skylab: The First 40 Days" featuring the problem-plagued launch of the first manned Skylab mission in May, 1973.

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Gemini 4 - #1

(03:17)

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Astronaut Ed White's spacewalk featured in the 1965 NASA film "Four Days of Gemini 4."

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Apollo 16

(01:54)

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NASA archive footage of the Apollo 16 crew giving the Lunar Roving Vehicle a thorough test drive.

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Apollo Soyuz

(02:59)

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Highlights from the NASA film "The Mission of Apollo Soyuz" featuring the preparation for the 1975 joint flight of the Soviet and American space programs.

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Space Shuttle STS-1 Launch

(01:46)

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On April 12, 1981 the first Space Shuttle mission takes off from the Kennedy Space Center exactly 20 years after the first manned space flight.

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First Shuttle Landing

(02:31)

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Highlights from a NASA film on the flight of STS-1 Columbia featuring the reentry and successful landing of NASA's new space vehicle after a two-day test flight.

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Space Shuttle STS-1 Landing

(01:33)

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In a monumental success for NASA's new space vehicle, STS-1 returns to Earth, landing at Edwards Air Force Base in California after a two-day test flight.

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