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Rockwell International Space Division (1975)

1975 · Short film · 15 min

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This short 1975 film from Rockwell International’s Space Division gives viewers a look at two of the NASA contractor’s projects in development: the command module for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project and the Space Shuttle Orbiter. The film opens with a spaceship and launch vehicle at a launch pad; the rockets ignite, and the system launches into the atmosphere. Viewers see an animation of the unnumbered Apollo space craft that will link up with the Soviet Soyuz spacecraft in July 1975 (01:03). The mission’s Command Module 111 is suspended in a hangar at the Downey, CA facility. Men work on the Space Division-built docking module that will lock the Apollo craft with the Soyuz craft. Footage shows the Saturn launch vehicle and spacecraft as they sit at a launch pad (02:30). An illustration shows the development of a reusable space shuttle. Men walk past a space shuttle orbiter in a hangar. Another illustration shows the shuttle on two solid-rocket boosters at a launch pad. Illustrations show an orbiter in orbit, with open cargo bay doors as a satellite is placed into orbit (04:28). Members of the European Space Community meet to discuss a future space mission with the U.S. (05:08). In the Downey facility, viewers see a full-scale mockup of the orbiter (06:07), where tests are conducted. The film features several shots of mountains and forests (07:01), before cutting to an aerial view of the company’s Palmdale, CA facility where space shuttle orbiters are assembled. Men work on…

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Running time
15 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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★★★★★ · Cool · HappySwordsman · 2021-04-12

Fun corporate film here. It was interesting seeing the Space Shuttle in development, and I also enjoyed seeing the segment on GPS satellites.

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