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The Space Race Photo Gallery
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...
The Space Race, Part 1
Episode 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
Episode 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...
Ron McNair | History of SC Slide Collection
Ron McNair | History of SC Slide Collection
Episode 97

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The "Challenger" astronaut Ron McNair (1951-1986) and Governor Richard Riley during a joint session of the South Carolina legislature in the House Chambers on April 11, 1984. McNair, an Air Force...
Space Program | Open Line (1981)
Episode 2

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Dr. LeConte Cathey discusses the uses of satellite technology and how the space shuttle could lead to the discovery of other life forms. The space shuttle provides the opportunity to put delicate...
Space Program | Open Line (1981)
Episode 1

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South Carolina ETV was there as the first space shuttle was launched on April 12, 1981. What possibilities lie ahead? What problems? After several years of delays, the space shuttle Columbia launched...
Ronald Erwin McNair | S.C. Hall of Fame

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One of three astronauts inducted into the South Carolina Hall Of Fame, Ronald McNair was one of the shuttle astronauts killed in the Challenger explosion on January 28, 1986. Born and raised in Lake...
Bridge Builders, Part 7: International Q&A Session
Episode 7

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The international video conference call continues (Part 7 of 7). This segment originates in Jordan, and the students in Brooklyn, New York and Columbia, South Carolina are called on for their...