Space race

"Race to Space" movie poster, Nominated for 1960 Academy Award for Documentary

Sputnik 1 ("Satellite-1"), was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. This surprise success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War.

This Las Vegas newspaper captures the excitement as two American astronauts explore the moon's surface on July 20. Earlier in the day, President Richard Nixon had led the nation in prayer for a successful moon landing.

The Apollo 9 (Spacecraft 104/Lunar Module 3/Saturn 504) space vehicle is launched from Pad A, Launch Complex 39, Kennedy Space Center (KSC) at 11 a.m. EST, March 3, 1969. Aboard the spacecraft are astronauts James A. McDivitt, commander; David R. Scott, command module pilot; and Russell L. Schweickart, lunar module pilot.

A half-century later, the men who made it happen still get choked up talking about that day in 1969. Here's what they remember.

This photograph depicts a busy Launch Control Center at Kennedy Space Center during the Apollo 8 mission launch activities. Apollo 8 served as the first manned lunar orbit mission. Liftoff occurred on December 21, 1968 with a three man crew consiting of as via @AOL_Lifestyle Read more: https://www.aol.co.uk/news/2020/02/04/huge-meteor-explodes-in-the-sky-above-derby/#slide=7538694#fullscreen?a_dgi=aolshare_pinterest

This week’s cover of @time illustrated by SHOUT is a homage to the Dec. 6, 1968, cover illustrated by #robertgrossman . Published shortly before the success of Apollo 8 which made U.S. astronauts the first to orbit the moon and marked a pivotal moment for space exploration.

Race for the moon! Time Magazine December 1968 #apolloprogram #projectapollo #moon #nasa #space #spaceexploration #flight #aviation #aviationlovers #timemagazine #magazine #coldwar #astronomy #astronauts #pilot #pilots #kennedyspacecenter #johnsonspacecenter #awesome #art #luna #race #cosmonauts #picoftheday #photooftheday #instagood #instagram Credit : @time

Title: Space Shuttle Columbia Catalog #: 15_000842 Date: 1992 Creation Place: Kennedy Space Flight Center, Cape Canaveral ADDITIONAL INFORMATION: Pad39B Collection: Charles M. Daniels Collection Photo Album Name: Florida, 1992 II Page #: 12 Tags: Space Shuttle Columbia, Pad39B PUBLIC COMMONS.SOURCE INSTITUTION: San Diego Air and Space Museum Archive