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12/04/2011

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A discussion of First Orbit, Chris Riley's film of Yuri Gagarin's space flight 50 years on

Chris Riley discusses First Orbit, a film which depicts Yuri Gagarin's epics space journey 50 years on. NASA embraces the social media with its very own Tweetups.

The director Chris Riley, discusses First Orbit, his film of Yuri Gagarin's space flight 50 years on. The film depicts the epic journey from Gagarin’s point of view.

NASA embraces the social media with its very own Tweetups.  Gareth Mitchell talks to Stephanie Schierholz, the social media boss at NASA, about how she gets space and social networks together online, sometimes via Twitter.

Click reports on an ambitious collaboration on both sides of the Atlantic that establishes a link-up between actors putting on a performance for three separate audiences. The first audience is in Austin Texas, the other in London and a third is online. This special theatrical experience is brought to life via Skype.

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