Letter from America by Alistair Cooke: The Reagan Years (1981-1988) - Columbia space shuttle, 1981

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Boost for US as Columbia space shuttle makes first landing back on earth.

This archive edition of Letter from America was recorded by one of two listeners, who between them taped and labelled over 650 Letter From America programmes from 1973 to 1989. It was restored by the BBC in 2014.

Published on Friday, 17th April 1981.

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