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4 unusual facts about U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge


U.S.–Soviet Space Bridge

On September 5, 1982, a TV-link was established for the first time between the Soviet Union and the United States.

Phill Donahue and Vladimir Pozner hosted the meeting between the US and the USSR respectively.

The first Space Bridge was an arrangement between the Unison Corporation and Gosteleradio of the USSR for the US Festival, sponsored by computer pioneer Steve Wozniak.

Translated from the Russian word telemost (literally, "TV bridge"), a space bridge was a public interactive television link between two or more geographically separate and culturally distinct locations, a form of public videoconference.



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