Added: Jul 23, 2008
From: Zuke696
Duration: 9:0
This is part 4 of a 5 part episode. To watch the full show go to my channel (Zuke696) then go to my Playlist, find the show then click Play All - THE SHUTTLE: For its first 20 years, NASA launches capsules carrying a maximum of three people. But new requirements for a bigger cargo bay prompt a breakthrough in spacecraft design. The development of the reusable shuttle leads to a revolutionary approach to space travel, but somebody has to test fly it in space for the first time. That requires a true test pilot, John Young, the man who sat alongside Gus Grissom on the first Gemini flight. NASA's manned programs are again leading the way, but space travel remains as dangerous as ever and tragedy again strikes NASA when the Challenger explodes.
Channel: Tech
Tags: apollo armstrong asteroids astronomy bang big carl comets cosmology cosmos craters dark deep earth energy galaxies gravity hubble jupiter life mars matter mercury moon nasa neil neptune odyssey orbit physics planets pluto rockets rover sagan satellites saturn shuttle solar space stars sun support system universe uranus venus
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