Made to mark the 25th year since the start of the joint European/ NASA Sopacelab project, this video index contains stock shots illustrating the history, construction and use of the pressurised module.
The video is accompanied by a comprehensive script.

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10:00:00:00 Conditions of use
10:00:08:00 ESA opening title
10:00:41:00 Title ""25 years - Spacelab - 25 missions""
10:00:48:00 title: The birth of Spacelab
10:00:53:00 images from the Apollo mission, July 1969
10:01:53:00 the development of the first NASA space shuttle
10:03:09:00 launch of Skylab by a Saturn 5 rocket on 14th May 1973 from the Kennedy Space Centre
10:03:42:00 Shots of Skylab in orbit
10:03:51:00 onboard shots of the Skylab crew
10:05:13:00 ministerial conference of July 1973 which endorsed the Ariane programme
10:05:28:00 development of the Orbital Test Satellite, launched on 14th September 1977
10:06:11:00 the development and launch on 23rd of November 1977 of Meteosat-1; graphic animation of Meteosat in orbit
10:06:19:00 development of the Ariane launcher
10:06:46:00 launch of Ariane LO1 on 24th December 1979
10:07:22:00 Spacelab development
10:07:28:00 Headquarters of ESTEC, then a centre of ESRO/CERS, in 1973
10:07:39:00 Construction images from the early 1970's o