The Space Race Photo Gallery

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This photo gallery includes the following images: 

  • United States Air Force Pilot Charles E. "Chuck" Yeager
  • Bell X-1
  • Sputnik
  • National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics (NACA) Logo
  • President Dwight D. Eisenhower
  • Explorer 1 - America's first successful man-made satellite
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Logo
  • North American X-15
  • The Mercury Seven Astronauts: Malcolm Scott Carpenter, Leroy G. "Gordo" Cooper, John H. Glenn, Jr., Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Walter M. "Wally" Schirra, Alan B. Shepard, Jr., and Donald K. "Deke" Slayton.
  • Mercury Spacecraft
  • Mercury Redstone Rocket
  • President John F. Kennedy
  • Project Mercury Logo
  • Ham the "Space Chimp"
  • Political Cartoon showing the Mercury Astronauts' frustration by sending a chimpanzee up first.
  • Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin 
  • Alan B. Shepard on board "Freedom 7" - America's first man in space
  • Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom next to "Liberty Bell 7"
  • Mercury Atlas Rocket
  • John H. Glenn, Jr. - America's first man to orbit the earth
  • Donald K. "Deke" Slayton
  • Leroy G. "Gordo" Cooper - took the last Mercury flight on board "Faith 7."
  • Gemini Logo 
  • Gemini Spacecraft
  • "The New Nine" Gemini Astronauts - From left to right: Edward H. White II, James McDivitt, John W. Young, Elliot M. See, Charles "Pete" Conrad, Frank Borman, Neil Armstrong, Thomas P. Stafford, and James A. Lovell Jr.
  • Cosmonaut Alexey Leonov - The first man to perform an EVA (Extra-Vehicular Activity)
  • Ed White on Gemini IV - America's first spacewalk
  • Gemini V Patch - America's first long duration space flight. 
  • Gemini VI and Gemini VII - Tackled rendezvous and long duration space flight
  • Inside view of Gemini Seven - Frank Borman and Jim Lovell tackled long duration space flight, staying in orbit for fourteen days!
  • Gemini VIII
  • Astronaut Gene Cernan on Gemini IX
  • Astronaut Buzz Aldrin working in space on Gemini XII. Aldrin practically invented working in space!
  • The Apollo 1 Crew - Virgil I. "Gus" Grissom, Ed White II, and Roger Chaffee. A fire on board the spacecraft claimed the lives of the crew, during a routine "plugs out" test on the pad. 
  • Apollo 1 spacecraft interior, following the fire.
  • Commemorative plaque at launch pad 34B, where the Apollo 1 fire occurred. 
  • Apollo 7 Crew
  • Apollo 8 patch
  • Earthrise
  • Lunar Module
  • Apollo 11 Mission Logo
  • Apollo 11 Crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Buzz Aldrin.
  • Buzz Aldrin Walking On The Moon - Apollo 11
  • Missions following Apollo 11 - Apollo 12 - 17. 
  • Apollo 13 Logo
  • The Genesis Rock
  • Apollo 17 - Gene Cernan on the last Apollo moon mission.
  • Skylab
  • Apollo - Soyuz Test Project
  • Rendezvous
  • Extra-Vehicular Activity
  • Docking

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History In A Nutshell / Space Race

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Apollo Recoveries: Introduction | "Chasing The Moon" Event
For the 50th anniversary of Apollo 11's historic moon landing, the South Carolina State Museum hosted a special screening of PBS' Chasing The Moon. During this event, South Carolina ETV, and Knowitall...
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The Space Race Trivia Quiz | History in a Nutshell
This quiz will test your knowledge on the history of the race to the moon, between the United States and the Soviet Union! How much do you know about the Space Race? Find out via the quiz below!
The Space Race, Part 1 1

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The Space Race, Part 1
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Part 1 briefly outlines the Cold War, and how the "Space Race" got started, with the Soviets' launching of Sputnik, in October, 1957. Next came the U.S. competing with the Soviets to launch a man into...
The Space Race, Part 2 2

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The Space Race, Part 2
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Gemini is the not widely known bridge between Mercury, and the Apollo Program. Gemini would serve as the test-bed for Apollo; to prepare NASA for trips to the moon. After the successes with the Gemini...