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Go to topicProtecting life and infrastructure on Earth and in orbit
Go to topicUsing space to benefit citizens and meet future challenges on Earth
Go to topicMaking space accessible and developing the technologies for the future
Go to topicA 1970s documentary outlining NASA's Space Shuttle development project. Footage as follows: Saturn Apollo launch clips, including in-flight stage separation; Enterprise shuttle at construction stage; aerial views of Kennedy Space Centre; launch and flight simulation of shuttle; various construction footage; Boeing 747 flight test carrier aircraft; manufacture and testing of engines; development and fabrication of external tank; booster splashdown testing; graphics of Spacelab and remote manipulator system; Kennedy Space Centre shuttle landing runway; various artists impressions of shuttle project; rollout of shuttle.
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