Lunar Module, Antares, ascending from moon during the Apollo 14 mission of National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA ).The Lunar Module in flight over the surface of the moon. Craters and rugged terrain on the surface of the moon. The Lunar Module docks with the Command Service Module, Kittyhawk and is later jettisoned. The lunar module descending toward crash landing on the moon.
Fictional animation depicting astronauts at work in outer space, tethered, and in space suits.
Soviet Space dogs Mushka, Laika,and Albina, are held on leashes by a researcher. They wear special harnesses equipped to capture vital signs. The dog Albina had already been on two sub-orbital space flights. But Laika was deemed better suited for this mission. Her space cabin is displayed. Either side of the space cabin are shown plates that generate oxygen and absorb carbon dioxide. Containers of water and food are shown. Laika is shown in the cabin in which she had been trained. Closeup of Laika.
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is given a welcome ceremony in Moscow, after he became the first human to voyage into outer space. From a Russian newsreel with English narration, created during the "Space Race" between the United States and the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin arrives by an Aeroflot plane (CCCP-757) at a Moscow airfield. Premier of the Soviet Union, Nikita Khrushchev, greets Gagarin. A huge crowd holds pictures and banners of Gagarin and Khrushchev. Gagarin reports to Premier Khrushchev that he has fulfilled his mission and feels well and ready for his next assignment. Gagarin greets his wife, Valentina Gagarina. He moves in a car through crowd filled streets. At a ceremony in the Kremlin Premier Khrushchev and Defense Minister Marshal of the Soviet Union Rodion Malinovsky congratulate Gagarin and award him the title "Hero of the Soviet Union".
Special effects and vintage science fiction animation depict the launch of a space ship and its trip around the moon and return. From German film Weltraum Schiff I Startet Eine Technische Fantasie. A space ship is launched from earth. Telescope is seen in observatory. Space ship into outer space, reaches moon. Space ship in orbit and on moon surface. Space ship returns from moon. Newspapers being printed and removed from a printing press in Germany, and headlines telling of the spaceship and its success. Group of men seen talking. Space ship returns to earth.
Animation showing the Soyuz spacecraft in flight. Spacecraft antennas pull pack. The Kurs antenna, Kurs rendezvous radar antenna, periscope and solar panels activate in space. On board footage feed shows Soviet cosmonauts in crew capsule during flight. Soyuz and Salyt spacecraft in flight.