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Space Exploration / USSR Satellite / Skylab #52677

ABC Evening News for Thursday, Feb 02, 1978
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(Studio) United States scientists suspicions that more pieces of USSR satellite buried in ice near Great Slave Lake in Canada noted. Reporter Jules Bergman's report on concerns with regard to possibility that shielding around nuclear reactor helped radioactive uranium survive heat of reentry cited. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) concerns over Skylab's lowering orbit and possibility that it might crash to earth noted, along with chance that space shuttle can be launched in time to help situation. Film shown.
REPORTER: Barbara Walters

Reporter(s):
Walters, Barbara
Duration:
00:00:40

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