The Space Race (2:58)
The U.S. competition with the U.S.S.R. for technological dominance spurred the U.S. on to the first-ever landing on the Moon.
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The Space Race
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The U.S. competition with the U.S.S.R. for technological dominance spurred the U.S. on to the first-ever landing on the Moon.
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JFK Sets Goal for Man on Moon
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John F. Kennedy's sets the goal of the United States to land a man on the moon and return him safely to Earth.
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Space Race: Cold War Front
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A brief look at the Space Race, set to "Magic Carpet Ride" by Steppenwolf.
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History Rewind: Chimp In Space
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Rewind Breaking News The History Channel: This is the story of Ham, the first hominid to be launched into space. Ham the chimp is launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida in a Project Mercury Redstone rocket.
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Engineering Disasters - Apollos 1 and 13
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In this video from Modern Marvels, we learn about the Apollo spaceflight program and the engineering disasters that plagued it. Three astronauts died while training for the first planned mission, Apollo 1, in 1967. Then, one year after Apollo 11 landed the first humans on the Moon, the Apollo 13 mission almost ended in disaster when an explosion occurred on board.
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Ask Steve: The Space Program
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In this video clip from Ask Steve, the reason for Americans interest in the Space Program was explored. It is explained that competition, and the technological wonder of the space race were some of the reasons for the Americans interest.
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Buzz Aldrin on First Moon Landing
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What was it like, landing on the moon? Steve Gillon interviews Buzz Aldrin on the moments before landing on the moon.
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Difficulty of Landing on the Moon
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In this video clip from Tech Effect, Buzz Aldrin explains the difficulties they had landing on the lunar surface. After being distracted by computer alarms on board, the landing area appeared close to a crater and boulder field.
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Buzz Aldrin Describes the Computers on Apollo
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In this Tech Effect video, brought to you by the History Channel, Buzz Aldrin talks about the computing power on Apollo 11 and how it was very advanced for its time. For example, the onboard computer was able to make mid course corrections.
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Aldrin Explains Moment of Moon Landing
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In this Tech Effect video, brought to you by the History Channel, Buzz Aldrin talks about the moment when he landed on the moon with Neil Armstrong in Apollo 11. Aldrin says that they didn't have time to celebrate until later.
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USSR Lands First Lunar Spacecraft
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With Cold War tensions on the rise, NASA's Werhner Von Braun announces the Soviet Union's moon landing, marking Russia's lead in the space race. On February 3, 1966, the unmanned Russian spacecraft Luna 9 touched down on the Ocean of Storms.
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Ford Phones Apollo Astronauts
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On July 17, 1975, President Gerald Ford speaks by telephone to the Apollo astronauts following their rendezvous and docking with the Russian Soyuz spacecraft. This was the first joint orbital mission between the two superpowers, and it helped pave the way for further cooperation in the exploration of space.
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The First Space Flight by a Woman
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Radio Moscow announces the historic flight of the first woman in outer space. On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova completed 48 orbits of Earth in 71 hours.
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Monkeys Travel to Space
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On May 28, 1959, in an experiment that would lead the way to manned space flight, the United States launched two monkeys to an altitude of 300 miles. A Voice of America news report details the travels of the two primates who survived the space flight and were the first in history to return safely to Earth.
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Final Apollo Mission Leaves Moon
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In December 1972, Apollo 17 communicates with Mission Control on the final trip to the moon, marking the end of the Apollo lunar landing program.
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Apollo 9 Completes Spacewalk
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After Apollo 9's launch on March 3, 1969, the crew communicates with Mission Control from space. The Apollo 9 mission was a crucial test run for the Apollo 11 moon landing three months later.
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Apollo 13 Emergency Radio Transmission
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On April 13, 1970, James Lovell, Jr., John Swigert, Jr., and Fred Haise, Jr., were en route to the Moon aboard Apollo 13 when disaster struck 200,000 miles from earth.
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Flight of Faith 7 Spacecraft
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Thirty minutes into the Faith 7 spaceflight, a NASA spokesperson recaps the trajectory of the craft after it was launched into orbit just after 8:00 a.m. on May 16, 1963. On board was Gordon Cooper, who became the first American astronaut to spend over 24 hours in space.
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Christmas Eve Broadcast to Earth
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On December 24, 1968, astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders entered into lunar orbit aboard the Apollo 8 spacecraft. That evening, in a live radio and television transmission, Borman reads a passage from the Book of Genesis.
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Reagan on the Challenger Disaster
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On January 28, 1986, instead of delivering his scheduled State of the Union Address, President Ronald Reagan speaks to the American people about the space shuttle disaster that killed seven astronauts.
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