April 12 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia Launch
Space Shuttle Columbia ready for launch. Astronauts climb in. Control room. Inside shuttle. Shuttle on top of flying 747 airplane at Edward AFB during tests.
18:50:24 Aerial of Kennedy Space Center & Vandenberg AFB control rooms. Aerial 15,000 ft runway. Launchpad. Rockets ignite & launch; rocket in space.
18:52:13 Astronaut inside rocket in space - zero gravity floating about intercut w/ interviews astronauts re training phases. Zero gravity somersault.
18:53:56 Rescue operation practice by Air Force & Air Force weather station. Aerials from low-flying spaceship (?) over sea & land. Shuttle in flight & POV landing on strip. Presented by your Air Force.
Space Program; Space Race; 1980s; NASA;
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April 12 1981 - Space Shuttle Columbia Launch Space Shuttle Columbia ready for launch. Astronauts climb in. Control room. Inside shuttle. Shuttle on top of flying 747 airplane at Edward AFB during tests. 18:50:24 Aerial of Kennedy Space Center & Vandenberg AFB control rooms. Aerial 15,000 ft runway. Launchpad. Rockets ignite & launch; rocket in space. 18:52:13 Astronaut inside rocket in space - zero gravity floating about intercut w/ interviews astronauts re training phases. Zero gravity somersault. 18:53:56 Rescue operation practice by Air Force & Air Force weather station. Aerials from low-flying spaceship (?) over sea & land. Shuttle in flight & POV landing on strip. Presented by your Air Force. Space Program; Space Race; 1980s; NASA;