The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide

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After more than 30 years of missions, America's space shuttle program concluded when the final orbiter took to the skies for the last time in 2011. Its story has been characterized by incredible triumphs, but blighted by devastating tragedies. This unique and poignant program brings together coverage from three decades of the BBC television series Horizon to present a biography of the space shuttle program and to ask what its legacy will be. Will it be remembered as an impressive part of human space exploration, or as fatally flawed?
Early Days of the Shuttle (2:17)
Men on the Moon (2:53)
Is the Shuttle Useful? (2:59)
Astronauts Enjoy Weightlessness (2:56)
Fatal Shuttle Launch (4:25)
Challenger: What Happened? (3:12)
NASA's Fatal Impatience (2:34)
Grounded Space Program (2:01)
Shuttle Safety Issues (1:16)
Escape System Tested (1:51)
Flaw in Hubble Telescope (4:10)
Can Hubble Be Saved? (3:25)
Hubble Successfully Fixed (3:55)
Space Station (3:04)
Life on Mir Space Station (2:38)
Columbia Disaster (5:33)
Disaster Investigation (4:12)
End of Shuttle Program (3:33)
Credits: The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide (0:29)

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