Space race

20th July 2019, is the 50th anniversary of the Moon Landing and this book celebrates the Space Race rivalry between the US and the Soviet Union. Readers will learn about the neck-and-neck race between the two superpowers, through an illustrated story of the rivalry that gripped the world. From Russia's first satellite, Sputnik, to Neil Armstrong planting a US a flag on the moon, discover the events that unfolded through amazing nostalgic illustrations and engaging text.

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.

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.

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.

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

Space Race

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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.

Cold War paranoia and a huge technological leap. This poster is meant to look like a vintage poster for the Soviet Union's Sputnik space satellite.

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

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

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Science and communism are inseparable! That is the basic message of this amazing collection of Soviet space propaganda posters that will be auctioned off on April 22. The posters have messages such as "Comrades! Soviet Land Has From Now On Become the Shore of the Universe!" or "The Tenth Planet Symbolizes the Victory of Communism!" and "Be Proud, Soviet, You Opened a Path from the Earth to the Stars!" One of our favorites is "Lenin Is With Us, Immortal and Majestic, the Thoughts, Words and…