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  • The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide (2011)
  • TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary
The Space Shuttle: A Horizon Guide (2011)
TV Movie | 59 min | Documentary

This poignant film is a biography of the shuttle told using three decades of BBC programmes. The film asks if the shuttle will be remembered as an impressive chapter in human space exploration, or as a fatally flawed white elephant.
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Writer
Jacqui Farnham (written by)
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Updated Apr 10, 2011

Release date
Apr 10, 2011 (United Kingdom)

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38 cast members
Name Known for
Kelly Hunter
Self - Narrator (voice) Self - Narrator (voice)   See fewer
Joseph P. Allen
Self - Scientist Astronaut (archive footage) (as Joe Allen) Self - Scientist Astronaut (archive footage) (as Joe Allen)   See fewer
Michael P. Anderson
Self - Payload Commander, Columbia (archive footage) (as Michael Anderson) Self - Payload Commander, Columbia (archive footage) (as Michael Anderson)   See fewer
Viktor Blagov
Self - Russian Mission Control (archive footage) Self - Russian Mission Control (archive footage)   See fewer
Roger Boisjoly
Self - Engineer, Morton Thiokol (archive footage) Self - Engineer, Morton Thiokol (archive footage)   See fewer
Roy Bridges
Self - Shuttle Pilot (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Pilot (archive footage)   See fewer
Chris Burrows
Self - European Space Agency (archive footage) (as Dr. Christopher Burrows) Self - European Space Agency (archive footage) (as Dr. Christopher Burrows)   See fewer
Grace Corrigan
Self - Christa McAuliffe's Mother (archive footage) Self - Christa McAuliffe's Mother (archive footage)   See fewer
Richard O. Covey
Self - Shuttle Pilot (archive footage) (as Richard Covey) Self - Shuttle Pilot (archive footage) (as Richard Covey)   See fewer
Paul Fischbeck
Self - Carnegie Mellon University (archive footage) (as Prof Paul Fischbeck) Self - Carnegie Mellon University (archive footage) (as Prof Paul Fischbeck)   See fewer
Riccardo Giacconi
Self - Space Telescope Science Institute (archive footage) Self - Space Telescope Science Institute (archive footage)   See fewer
Robert Gibson
Self - Shuttle Commander (archive footage) (as Robert 'Hoot' Gibson) Self - Shuttle Commander (archive footage) (as Robert 'Hoot' Gibson)   See fewer
Frederick Hauck
Self - Shuttle Commander (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Commander (archive footage)   See fewer
Tom Henricks
Self - Former Shuttle Commander (archive footage) Self - Former Shuttle Commander (archive footage)   See fewer
Gregory Jarvis
Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Jerry Linenger
Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
Duccio Macchetto
Self - Space Telescope Science Institute (archive footage) (as Dr. Duccio Macchetto) Self - Space Telescope Science Institute (archive footage) (as Dr. Duccio Macchetto)   See fewer
Christa McAuliffe
Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Willie McCool
Self - Pilot of The Columbia (archive footage) (as William McCool) Self - Pilot of The Columbia (archive footage) (as William McCool)   See fewer
Ron McNair
Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Story Musgrave
Self - Astronaut (archive footage) Self - Astronaut (archive footage)   See fewer
George Nelson
Self - Discovery Astronaut (archive footage) (as George 'Pinky' Nelson) Self - Discovery Astronaut (archive footage) (as George 'Pinky' Nelson)   See fewer
James E. Oberg
Self - Former Mission Controller (archive footage) (as Jim Oberg) Self - Former Mission Controller (archive footage) (as Jim Oberg)   See fewer
Ellison Onizuka
Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Charles Pellerin
Self - NASA Director of Astrophysics 1982-1992 (archive footage) (as Dr. Charles Pellerin) Self - NASA Director of Astrophysics 1982-1992 (archive footage) (as Dr. Charles Pellerin)   See fewer
Ronald Reagan
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Judith A. Resnik
Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Crew, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Francis 'Dick' Scobee
Self - Shuttle Commander, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) (as Francis Scobee) Self - Shuttle Commander, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) (as Francis Scobee)   See fewer
Michael J. Smith
Self - Shuttle Pilot, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage) Self - Shuttle Pilot, Challenger STS-51-L (archive footage)   See fewer
Margaret Thatcher
Self (archive footage) Self (archive footage)   See fewer
Gene Thomas
Self - Launch Director (archive footage) Self - Launch Director (archive footage)   See fewer
John Trauger
Self - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (archive footage) (as Dr. John Trauger) Self - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory (archive footage) (as Dr. John Trauger)   See fewer
David Webb
Self - US National Commission on Space (archive footage) (as Dr David Webb) Self - US National Commission on Space (archive footage) (as Dr David Webb)   See fewer
Ed Weiler
Self - Head of Space Science, NASA (archive footage) (as Dr. Ed Weiler) Self - Head of Space Science, NASA (archive footage) (as Dr. Ed Weiler)   See fewer
Alun Armstrong
Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited) Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)   See fewer
Jack Fortune
Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited) Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)   See fewer
Paul Vaughan
Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited) Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)   See fewer
Samuel West
Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited) Self - Narrator (archive sound) (uncredited)   See fewer
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