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" Aeronautics and Space (1973)

1973 · Short film · 14 min

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This historic NASA film shows the agency's highlights of 1973 including the Skylab space station and the efforts to repair it after it was damaged during launch. Also covered is the training for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, the Pioneer 10 spacecraft, the Mariner mission to Mercury, Viking mission, designs for a new "space shuttle". At Edwards AFB the X-24B lifting body is tested for the Space Shuttle program, and sounding rockets are used in examining the atmosphere. The Comet Kohoutek encounter is described, and the U-2 and SR-71 Blackbird / YF-12 aircraft are shown being used for civilian science research, and studies of wake turbulence are shown. Also shown is advanced flight testing at Edwards Air Force Base using remotely piloted model aircraft dropped from a B-52 mothership. The film begins (0:10). The launch of Skylab is shown (0:41). Heat deflecting micro meteor shield replacement (1:05). Hurricane Helene over the Atlantic Ocean (2:05). Arabella the Space Spider (2:25). A scientist testing a Buck Rogers like backpack similar to a manned maneuvering unit (2:49). The Apollo-Soyuz test project overview (3:06). Mock-up images of the proposed reusable Space Shuttle (3:20). Research into the re-entry problem with the Shuttle. Recoverable booster rocket falling into the ocean (3:39). Vibration studies. The X-24B lifting body is shown in action being air dropped and landing at Edward AFB (3:55). Asteroids and the asteroid belt. Pioneer 10 is shown making its way to Jupiter…

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Running time
14 minutes
Collection
Ephemeral Films

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