The "Space Race"--Historical Context of the Times
The "Space Race" is a term referring to the competition between the United States and the Soviet Union to see which country could make the biggest advancements in space exploration, and it was a part...
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Those are all wonderful! (photos and videos) I can remember the first space walk, that was when I was in third grade I think, and we were very excited, our teacher turned on the telly so we could...
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Luna, I posted a topic on Apollo 1 with the original LIFE magazine article about the disaster. Also, I have a wonderful illustrated article detailing the entire space race from the first manned Vostok...
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I got a special issue of LIFE that was completely devoted to the Apollo 11 mission. Some of the articles were duplicates photos and stories contained in the previous issues, but there was a very...
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This is fascinating stuff...the Russians also were the first to fly 'civilians' into space. Their people ejected by parachute while ours splashed down in space capsules.
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To me, it looked like the Russians were leading the space race until Apollo 8 - then suddenly we were circling the moon and landing on it! It was as if America had kept the technology a secret all...
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MSNBC has published an updated timeline called NASA's Glory Days: http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/31804689/ns/technology_and_science-space/?ns=technology_and_science-space This goes beyond the LIFE...
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For those of us who lived through these times, at least old enough to really "get it," we'll never forget how awful the space race and cold war were; yet, at the same time, we can never forget how all...
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