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24 July 1969. ( 1969-07-24) British television coverage of the Apollo 11 mission, humanity's first to land on the Moon, lasted from 16 to 24 July 1969. All three UK television channels, BBC1, BBC2 and ITV, provided extensive coverage. Most of the footage covering the event from a British perspective has now been wiped or lost.
The UK decided not to contribute funds for the International Space Station, on the basis that it did not represent value for money. [21] The British government did not take part in any crewed space endeavours during this period. The United Kingdom continued to contribute scientific elements to satellite launches and space projects.
1983. 30 January – Live American Football is seen in the UK for the first time when Channel 4 broadcasts live coverage of Super Bowl XVII. [2] 1984. 29 March – Screensport launches [3] and coverage of American Football is a significant part of its output throughout its time on air. 1985.
April 20, 2023 at 2:27 PM. SpaceX has launched the world’s biggest rocket – which exploded seconds later. The spacecraft successfully left its launchpad, but the two parts of the rocket failed ...
Maiden launch. 22 February 2018. ( 2018-02-22) Starlink is a satellite internet constellation operated by SpaceX [ 5][ 6] providing satellite Internet access to most of the Earth. [ 7][ 8] Starshield is a classified derivative of Starlink designed to be operated for and can host payloads for military or government purposes.
Blue Origin is set to launch its first passenger spaceflight on Tuesday, carrying founder Jeff Bezos and three other passengers for a journey to experience the weightlessness of suborbital space.
The players have ended their action by January 1983, enabling Channel 4 to air live coverage of that year's Super Bowl. [ 26 ] 7–28 November – The London Weekend Television epic production The Life and Adventures of Nicholas Nickleby is aired by Channel 4 over its first four Sunday evenings on the air.
The two NASA astronauts assigned to Boeing’s first human spaceflight arrived at their launch site Thursday, just over a week before their scheduled liftoff. Due to blast off May 6 atop an Atlas ...