NASA Space Shuttle Design

Development of the NASA space shuttle during the early to mid 1970's. Focuses on the Rockwell International Space Division and its role as the prime contractor .

This film documents the first historic flight of a space shuttle, the U.S. spacecraft Columbia, which launched on April 12, 1981 (flight STS-1). The footage .





NASA outlines the goals and advantages of its Space Shuttle program. At the time of the films production the shuttle Enterprise had not yet flown its tests, and .