1981 Highlights NASA
1981 Highlights NASA
This video presentation covers Shuttle flights 1 and 2, Spacelab, mobile workstation, Voyager 2 Saturn, Infrared Astronomy Satellite, Hubble Space Telescope, Kuiper Airborne Observatory, High Altitude Earth Survey, Landsat, aerodynamic research, electric cars, wind energy, XV - 15, Quiet Shorthaul Research Aircraft, X -14 BVTOL, 40 x 80 Wind Tunnel, and turboprop research. (playing time 14 minutes, 30 sec. Dec. 1981)
1981 Highlights NASA
Montage of LS Shuttle launching pad. Animation of the planet Saturn. Low flying aeronautic research aircraft.
1981 Highlights NASA
Opening credits for 1981 Aeronautics and Space Highlights.
1981 Highlights NASA
Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen walking to the launchpad smiling and waving. LS Space Launch STS-1. LS photographers and press taking video and photos of the launch from a distance.
1981 Highlights NASA
Man in control room taking notes of measurements. Space Shuttle Columbia landing after space voyage. LS space shuttle slowing down on runway as people cheer in the background. High Angle shot of shuttle on deserted runway.
1981 Highlights NASA
Astronauts Joe Engle and Richard Harrison Truly walking out to applause and flash bulbs before space launch STS-2. LS Columbia STS-2 launches. Spectators standing and clapping from bleachers, some photographers as shuttle launches. LS of launch.
1981 Highlights NASA
Various shots of Columbia STS-2 testing a mechanical arm in space.
1981 Highlights NASA
People gathered to watch the space shuttle landing. Panning shot of people standing on top of mobile homes
1981 Highlights NASA
Astronaut doing tests in space lab. Animated capsule being fitted to shuttle. Shuttle flying in space. Astronauts in spacesuit doing tests underwater. He slowly rises to the surface.
1981 Highlights NASA
Animated graphics of satellite floating in front of Saturn. Images of the moon surface. Shots of rings around Moon or Saturn. Computer scans of moon. Various shots of rings of Saturn. Animated graphics of a satellite moving around Saturn
1981 Highlights NASA
People sitting in a full conference room. Animated computer graphics of satellite in operation around a planet. Men in white dust suits working on part of a satellite. Computerized graphic of satellite in space. Yellow planet. Craters on the sun. Cartoon of satellite deploying from space shuttle. Its solar panels open and make adjustments.
1981 Highlights NASA
High Angle shot of airport. WS Gerard P. Kuiper Airborne Observatory Airplane parked on tarmac. Men sitting in a control room. Men sitting around different computers with radios over their ears. LS private linear jet taking off.
1981 Highlights NASA
Aerial maps of locations seen from the sky possibly space. Animation of satellite floating over earth. Thermal images of California from the satellite.
1981 Highlights NASA
LS Airport hangar. Haze from fire or smoke move across the screen. A strange looking metal bus or truck approaches camera. Traveling shot of vehicle on deserted roads. POV through windshield of vehicle. Vehicle approaching and passing camera.
1981 Highlights NASA
Man testing car in a lab through simulated driving. Electric car approaching and passing camera. Research being conducted on longer lasting batteries.
1981 Highlights NASA
Various shots of wind turbines in use. Part of the first wind farms that provide research opportunities and electricity to homes within the area.
1981 Highlights NASA
MS of communication satellite launch at night. CU of weather satellite before launch. Zoom out as the satellite is being launched.
1981 Highlights NASA
MS of NASA Army XB15 Tilt Rotor on tarmac. CU of rotors. MS of aircraft taking off vertically. CU rotors changing position, and aircraft flying away. LS of oil rig. LS of aircraft. Different potential uses for the aircraft are discussed. Shot of QSRA taking off and landing quickly illustrating its quick takeoff and landing abilities. A simple aircraft that can provide many research opportunities for NASA. CU shot of X14B Vertical Takeoff and Landing Airplane hovering around. Used as a research tool.
1981 Highlights NASA
Zoom out of the expansion of the largest wind tunnel facility in the world located at Ames Research Center. Interior shots of drive motors (massive in size and power). CU of a couple of the motors and workers near them. Zoom out of a man working on a beam. Zoom out of another area of the facility under construction. CU and zoom out of prototype propeller being tested.
1981 Highlights NASA
LS of Space Shuttle landing. Animation of Voyager flying by Saturn. MS of QSRA taking off. MS of XB15 Tilt Rotor hovering. Shot of shuttle launch in the background, foreground shot of cameramen and photojournalists. Credits roll. NASA title card.