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The Space Shuttle
To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The space shuttle: A sci-fi dream that became reality and changed spaceflight forever.
To launch like a rocket and land like a plane. The space shuttle: A sci-fi dream that became reality and changed spaceflight forever. Told by the Nasa astronauts, engineers, scientists and support staff who made it happen. Space scientist Maggie Aderin-Pocock tells the story of triumph and tragedy, and the human story behind the technology and scientific endeavour.
13 Minutes Presents: The Space Shuttle is a BBC Audio Science Unit production for BBC World Service.
Theme music by Hans Zimmer and Christian Lundberg, and produced by Russell Emanuel, for Bleeding Fingers Music
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