The Space Shuttle's Last Flight (2011)
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- Documentary
- 23 Jul 2011 (UK)
- TV Movie
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Patrick Baladi | ... |
Narrator (voice)
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Directed by
Jeremy Hall |
Written by
Jeremy Hall | ... | () |
Produced by
Clare Bradbury | ... | producer |
Guy Davies | ... | executive producer |
Julian Ware | ... | executive producer |
Cinematography by
Robin Fox | ||
Patrick Smith |
Editing by
Paddy Bird | ||
Jules Cornell |
Editorial Department
Ross Baker | ... | colorist |
Alan Jones | ... | on-line editor |
Production Management
Lenka Menkynova | ... | production manager |
Sound Department
Danny Finn | ... | dubbing mixer |
Additional Crew
Alastair Duncan | ... | researcher |
Paul Gardner | ... | head of archive |
Faran Ismailpour | ... | researcher |
Julia Pearce | ... | director of legal and business affairs |
Jack Penman | ... | archive researcher |
Nicola Rowe | ... | production coordinator |
Ulla Streib | ... | director of operations |
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- Channel 4 Television Corporation (2011) (United Kingdom) (tv)
- NHK BS1 (2011) (Japan) (tv)
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Plot Summary |
As Atlantis completes its 135th and final mission, this definitive documentary charts the rise and fall of the most ambitious space programme ever undertaken, the space shuttle. For the past three decades since it first launch in 1981, the shuttle has become an iconic symbol of America's technological dominance while at the same time rewriting the rules of space travel. Here is reusable vehicle that could lift off like a rocket, carry people and cargo into Earth's orbit, then land on a runway like a plane and do it time after time. But two disasters, in 1986 and 2003, and the tragic loss of 14 astronauts shocked the World, and signalled the end of the programme, and the end of an era. However, its legacy has been extraordinary. In 30 years of service, the shuttle has flown more miles, completed more missions and put more men and women in orbit than any other spacecraft in history. It has transformed our understanding of the universe, aided technological advancement, and enabled us to study the environmental consequences we have had on our planet. After this July, when the shuttle takes its last flight, the USA will no longer be able to put a man in space for the first time in over half a century. Written by Darlow Smithson Productions |
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