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Learning to live in space / directed and produced by Paul Roberts.
- Format:
- Video
- Series:
- Academic Video Online
- Above and beyond ; Episode 5
- Language:
- English
- Subjects (All):
- Aeronautics.
- Astronauts.
- Astronomy.
- Space flight.
- Outer space--Exploration.
- Outer space.
- Genre:
- Documentary films.
- Physical Description:
- 1 online resource (24 min.)
- Place of Publication:
- Geelong, Victoria : Switch International, 2005.
- Language Note:
- In English.
- Original language in English.
- Summary:
- Liftoff: World's largest airplane - a group of NASA old-timers, drawn together again to teach, help, and inspire young minds, while setting some impressive world records along the way. Trailblazers: Endeavour's satellite rescue mission. We go behind the scenes to check out the more ordinary daily routines of these extraordinary men and women. The Search: Meteors and Comets - Thanks to new imaging techniques, we now know more about them than ever before. All Systems Go: Living in Space - How astronauts prepare for those awe inspiring space walks. Training in huge underwater tanks, they know that what they learn here will save their lives up there. And finally: NASA's Story - The award-winning photographer who managed to capture the tension, joy, and spirit of each momentous occasion NASA.
- Notes:
- Title from resource description page (viewed July 15, 2014).
- OCLC:
- 885257184
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