The Dream Is Alive

The Dream is Alive is an IMAX movie, released in June 1985, about NASAs Space Shuttle program. The film was narrated by Walter Cronkite, and directed by Graeme Ferguson.

Mission STS41C, the 11th for the shuttle program and the fifth for Challenger is featured most heavily, beginning with the deployment of the Long Duration Exposure Facility LDEF satellite. The capture and repair of the Solar Max satellite also receives a great deal of coverage, including a detailed overview of training for the mission in a large pool at NASA. This particular mission is of interest, as the first attempt at capturing the satellite failed, and a second attempt almosthours later had to be made. That portion of the mission was a success, with the satellite being brought to the payload bay on the next attempt, and was repaired quickly by astronauts James van Hoften and George Nelson. Other STS 41C mission activities included a student experiment located in a middeck locker to determine how honeybees make honeycomb cells in a microgravity environment.Other shuttle missions are interspersed during the feature with the STS41C footage. Highlights include ........

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