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Space Travel and NASA archive HD footage

Captures the "space race" of the mid 20th century. Includes pioneers of early rocketry and missiles, and the growth and development of NASA programs in both unmanned and astronaut manned space flight. See clips from fledgling German rocketry trials to the Gemini, Mercury, and Apollo programs, and on to the moon landing and Space Shuttle.

Soviet Voshkhod-2 spacecraft is launched in the Soviet Union; cosmonaut Leonov walks in space; Moscow award ceremony

Preparations for launch of Soviet Union Voshkhod-2 spacecraft from Baikonur spaceport, during 1960s "space race" between Soviet Union and the United States. Voshkod 2 of R-7 family of rockets seen on a rail car. The rail car pulls up with spacecraft and rocket is loaded onto gantry. The space craft and the launch vehicle are erected. View of cosmonaut as he ascends stairs, enters an elevator and prepares for flight. A fiery flare emerges as the spacecraft is launched. (Note: Image of spacecraft during initial ascent appears to show a Vostok 3KA launcher, or Vostok-K, like that in which Yuri Gagarin was launched; not the Voskhod variant that carried Alexey Leonov and Pavel Belyayev.) Views of ignition and launch of spacecraft; view of it ascending. Next scene shows Soviet cosmonaut Alexey Leonov conducting the first spacewalk by an astronaut, on March 18, 1965. Final scene shows Soviet cosmonauts at an award and recognition ceremony in Moscow on March 23, 1965. Leonov and Belyayev walk side by side on a red carpet toward a reviewing stand of Russian officials. They ascend stairs of platform and salute the Russian leaders.

Newsreel reporting claims by Russia of cosmonaut Alexey Leonov conducting first manned spacewalk in history

Russian cosmonaut Alexey Arkhipovich Leonov enters space capsule of Voskhod-2 rocket in the Soviet Union. The spacecraft launch as it leaves the launching pad. Animation (only) depicts the activities of the cosmonaut and the co-pilot, and Cosmonaut Leonov on first manned spacewalk with the help of a life line attached to the spacecraft. No actual spacewalk images are shown. Narrator alludes to 1960's "space race" between astronauts of the United States and the Soviet Union, saying, "If this spectacular accomplishment is all that is claimed, Russia has moved ahead of the U.S. once more in the race for the moon."

First woman astronaut Valentina Tereshkova applauded as she completes space mission.

Women from Moscow University working at drafting tables. Close up of blueprint drawing woman is completing using ruler and pencil on drafting table. Men and women engineering students in classroom at Moscow University in Russia, Soviet Union. A female judge in district court in the Soviet Union. First woman cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova waving to a huge crowd gathered in an amphitheater in the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova walking out of a building in space suit to board a waiting bus at Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan. Excited women applauding Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova waves from launchpad to crowd below before ascending in elevator. Close up view of female astronaut Valentina Tereshkova adjusting her space helmet. Engineer at control panel. Valentina Tereshkova looking into mirror mounted on the arm of her space suit. Valentina Tereshkova in space suit surrounded by reporters. Photo journalists jostle for space as they take photos of Valentina Tereshkova. Valentina Tereshkova in rocket capsule just before launch. Rocket Vostok 6 carrying Valentina Tereshkova launches. Views of faces of women of various races. Close views of women from all over the world as they watch launch. Distant view of rocket Vostok 6 in sky. Engineers applauding in control room. Women clapping in audience.

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returns after his historic space walk and NASA launches Mercury spaceships for sub orbital flights.

Soviet and American achievements in space travel in the year 1961, during the so called "space race". Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin returns after his historic trip in space and NASA launches its Mercury Freedom 7 spaceship for sub orbital flight by Astronaut Alan Shepard. A news paper reports about the success of Russian space mission as the Yuri Gagarin returns after a space trip. A large crowd gathered cheers for Gagarin. National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) workers work on Mercury-Redstone 3 spacecraft "Freedom 7" for carrying out sub-orbital flight, manned by Alan Shepard. Scene shows launch of the Mercury MR-3 mission on May 5, 1961. View of Commander Shepard in capsule during flight. Helicopter lifting Alan Shepard to safety after the successful flight. Commander Shephard shown beside the spaceship capsule on deck of aircraft carrier after recovery. View of flight preparations for Mercury-Redstone 4 (MR-4). Liftoff of MR-4 on July 21, 1961, commanded by Astronaut Captain Gus Grissom. NASA scientists in Mission control room. Helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom from sea after safe splashdown of MR-4. View of bridge of ship USS Randolph (USS-15) during recovery effort. Astronaut Grissom walking on the deck of the aircraft carrier after recovery.

Apollo 11 first moon landing - 1969 footage; 1989 interviews with Astronauts Collins, Armstrong, Aldrin on 20th anniversary.

A 1989 production containing 1969 footage of the Apollo 11 mission. 20th Anniversary of NASA Apollo 11 moon landing mission. Closeup aerial view of a Bell XV-15 tiltrotor VTOL aircraft (predecessor of V-22 Osprey) in flight. A NASA astronaut conducting a spacewalk doing maintenance on a space vehicle. Saturn V rocket of NASA Apollo 11 mission on launch pad. The Apollo 11 astronauts exit building on foot and enter a waiting vehicle for transport to rocket for mission. Close-up views of civilians and press with cameras preparing to take pictures. Ignition and liftoff or launch of Saturn V rocket, with smoke and fire. The rocket lifts off. View of rocket stages separating away in flight. U.S. astronaut Mitchell Collins in the command module during mission. The Apollo 11 Lunar lander module Eagle in lunar orbit. U.S. astronaut Neil Armstrong talks about landing of Lunar Module on moon. People watching the live pictures of Neil Armstrong in descent from the Lunar Lander on television. View of a television screen being viewed by a crowd of people with on screen text saying "First Live Pictures From Moon." A family seated in a dark living room on couch and floor watching the moon landing event on their television screen. Descent to moon surface by Neil Armstrong with his famous "one small step" words. A boot print on the moon. Neil Armstrong recalls when he decided on those historic words. Collins in the command Module. Collins in Columbia speaks about his major concern when he was in Lunar Module. The moon surface. Armstrong and U.S. astronaut Buzz Aldrin on moon surface. Technicians at various controls at Mission Control. Armstrong and Aldrin on moon surface. Aldrin speaks about his experience. People welcome the astronauts back with ticker tape parades and crowds. They crowd on either side of the street. Astronauts working on lunar surface in future missions after Apollo 11, including driving a rover vehicle on the moon surface. Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins at the Air and Space Museum in Washington DC. A poster of an astronaut holding a U.S. flag while in orbit.

Gherman Titov and John H Glenn arrive at the National Academy of Science to attend a seminar on space in Washington D.C.

Two astronauts Gherman Titov and John Hershel Glenn Junior meet for the first time in Washington D.C. Soviet Cosmonaut Gherman Titov and American astronaut John Hershel Glenn Junior attend a seminar on space being conducted by the International Council of the Scientific Union. Glenn and Titov register for the seminar inside the National Academy of Sciences (2101 Constitution Ave. NW, Washington, DC 20418, United States). The two astronauts visit Washington Monument (2 15th St NW, Washington, DC 20024, United States) and Lincoln Memorial (2 Lincoln Memorial Cir NW, Washington, DC 20002, United States). Other officers accompany them.

Saturn rocket is launched on major flight test in the United States; group of NASA astronauts training at Cape Canaveral

Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Saturn rocket at a launch pad. A gantry is removed. The rocket is launched on a major flight test. Men at work in Mission Control station. Rocket scientist Werner von Braun is seen smiling and rubbing his hands. View of a Mission Control workstation. Group of astronauts for the Gemini and Apollo programs are seen on a visit to Cape Canaveral, Florida. Major Gordon Cooper holding a coffee cup and talking to other astronauts. They discuss a chart and work on space projects. Close up side view of Roger Chaffee. A rocket on a launch pad. Point of view shot from a camera on board a rocket, pointing down toward earth, as the rocket lifts off, showing the earth recede quickly below the rocket as it soars toward space. An astronaut inside a capsule in full space suit. Night time view of a NASA rocket on a launch pad in Cape Canaveral Florida.

NASA Project Gemini activities and overview of Gemini program and participants at Kennedy Space Center, Florida

National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Gemini program activities to prepare for the Apollo moon mission. Footage spanning multiple years in 1960s. Multiple views of the Saturn V launch vehicle (rocket) on launch platform and as it is moved into position at the Kennedy Space Center, Florida. Helicopter lifting off beside Saturn V with rocket and launch tower in background. Spotlights at night shined onto a Gemini Titan II rocket. Narrator explains purpose of Gemini as precursor to Apollo program. A specially configured USAF C-135 (Boeing 707) aircraft taking off and views inside, as it performs parabolic sweep maneuvers to give astronauts some experience with "weightlessness"and the operation of equipment in such conditions. View of a swimming pool with Gemini astronauts practicing neutral buoyancy with their vehicle and equipment in semi-weightless conditions. Views of Gemini astronauts training in a simulator and undergoing special parachute training. Astronaut survival training including exits from capsule at sea, desert, and jungle training. Gemini astronauts boarding capsule for an orbital mission from Launch Pad 19 at the Kennedy Space Center. Narrator names all the Gemini astronauts: Grissom, Young, McDivitt, White, Cooper, Conrad, Borman, Lovell, Schirra, Stafford, Armstrong, Scott, Cernan, Collins, Gordon, Aldrin. View of NASA Gemini astronauts entering capsule, being seated, secured, and door closed and secured before launch.

Major Yuri Gagarin with Premier Nikita S Khrushchev in Russia.

Russian crowd at airfield greeting cosmonaut Major Yuri Gagarin after his successful space flight from the Soviet Union. Premier Nikita S Khrushchev is on hand. Children present flowers to Major Gagarin. Premier Khrushchev and Major Gagarin inspects formation of troops. Crowd surrounds Major Gagarin. Premier Khrushchev and Major Gagarin leave by car and drive through streets celebrating the accomplishment by the Soviet Union during "space race" against NASA astronauts in the United States.

Crew aboard USS Randolph CV-15 welcomes NASA astronaut Virgil Grissom after successful space journey from Cape Canaveral.

Space victory of astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom from Cape Canaveral. Crewmen pipe the fuel aboard the Redstone rocket. A man drives a truck. A missile on a launch pad. Captain Virgil Grissom disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew helps Grissom to board the Liberty Bell 7 capsule. Commander Alan Shepard at the control center. The crew awaits the launch of the missile. The missile is launched. Civilians watch through binoculars as the missile travels in the space. The astronaut goes 118 miles up and 303 miles down range. The capsule is released at sea. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier, USS Randolph CV-15 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. The helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom and tries to keep a hold on the sinking capsule Mercury. Astronaut Grissom climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes the astronaut on the carrier after his success

Apollo moon landing simulation animation from 1962: Launch, landing on moon and return back to Earth.

Animation from 1962 depicts Apollo mission including moon landing and return, ultimately achieved in NASA Apollo 11 mission. Rocket launched in space. Rocket parts separate. Rocket revolves around globe. Rocket travels in space. Separation of Lunar module. Lunar module insert into orbit around moon. Astronaut seated in lunar module. Lunar lands on moon. Astronaut put down from lunar and walks on moon. He captures photographs on moon. Astronaut holds a transmitter for receiving valuable information. Transmitter placed on moon surface. Lunar lifts off. Re-docking of Lunar to main space craft. Spacecraft returns back to earth. Space capsule separates. Parachute opens from space capsule. Landing of space capsule.

A successful space journey of NASA astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom aboard Liberty Bell 7 Capsule from Cape Canaveral.

Astronaut Virgil Ivan Grissom's space journey from Cape Canaveral. Crewmen pipe the fuel aboard the Redstone rocket. A missile on a launch pad. Captain Virgil Grissom disembarks from a transfer van and boards a gantry elevator. The crew helps Grissom to board the Liberty Bell 7 capsule. Helicopters take off from Essex class aircraft carrier USS Randolph CV-15 to pick up the astronaut and the capsule. A helicopter rescues astronaut Grissom and tries to keep a hold on the sinking capsule Mercury. Astronaut Grissom climbs into the helicopter. The cheering crew welcomes astronaut Grissom on the carrier Randolph after his success.

Animated depiction of Apollo moon landing mission activity and return to earth, from early 1960s

Animation of a future (Apollo 11) NASA moon landing mission depicts launching of rocket in space. Rocket parts separate. Rocket orbits around earth and then travels in space toward moon. Separation of Lunar module. Lunar module enters orbit around moon. Astronaut seated in lunar module. Lunar module lands on moon. Astronaut climbs down from lunar module and walks on moon. He captures photographs and films on moon. Astronaut views a radio transmitter. Transmitter placed on moon surface. Lunar module lifts off. Re-docking of lunar to main space craft. Spacecraft return back to earth. Space capsule separates Parachute opens from space capsule. Landing of space capsule in ocean.

Overview of NASA Gemini space missions, with emphasis on the Man Rating of the Gemini Launch Vehicle

View of spacelog hours on a space graph that contrasts man hours in space by the United States and by the Soviet Union. NASA Gemini XII astronauts Lovell and Aldrin are greeted after their flight. View from spacecraft in space. View from capsule with Earth below, as rendezvous and docking with Agena vehicle takes place. Gemini astronauts enter elevator to ascend to capsule before launch. View of a unmanned ICBM missile lift off at night and an explosion. NASA Gemini successful lift off, and view of NASA mission control room. Gemini capsule on deck of USS Wasp is opened by a McDonnell employee, and astronaut shakes hands after recovery. Technical briefing in which Integrated Testing Sequence GT-4 is explained to U.S. Air Force personnel. Camera pans upward from base to top of a NASA Gemini missile and capsule. Gemini capsule is installed atop rocket. Model of Gemini rocket seen in conference room during meeting. Gemini components in large factory. A Titan II missile launch serving as a Gemini flight test shows telemetry instruments including dish and antenna tracking the launch. Close and long shots of Titan II missile in flight. Installation of flight control, pressure oscillation suppressors, and guidance systems on Titan ll to allow for man rating on Gemini. Gemini launch vehicle engines fired on Aerojet general test stand. Critical parts for Gemini are examined at the U.S. government quality assurance area. Engineers work on rocket parts and tie wrapping electrical components. View of radio guidance system module being tested. Gemini launch vehicle on launch pad and views of control room.

Moon landing astronauts get prepared and Saturn V carrying Apollo 11 is launched from Florida, United States

The launch of the NASA Apollo 11 from Launch Complex 39 at the John F. Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Florida, United States. The Apollo II command module atop Saturn V rocket in stand. Saturn V in launch pad. Command Module Pilot Major General Michael Collins,Lunar Module Pilot Edwin Eugene Aldrin, Jr (Buzz Aldrin" and Commander Neil Armstrong get prepared for flight. The three astronauts in their space suits walk with other men. The astronauts in an elevator. Ignition of the Saturn V rocket and liftoff. The launch pad being removed. The spacecraft is launched. The Apollo Lunar Module in orbit. Astronauts inside the spacecraft operating the controls and in weightless environment.

NASA Project Mercury MA-6, MA-7, and MA-8 missions and astronauts Glenn, Carpenter, and Schirra.

Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. NASA Project Mercury personnel drive a trailer loaded with a Mercury Friendship 7 space capsule and transfer it onto missile at Launch Pad 14 of Cape Canaveral Florida. Mercury-Atlas 6 rocket with Friendship 7 capsule lifts off during launch with astronaut John Glenn aboard on February 20, 1962, making Glenn the first American to orbit the earth in space. NASA technical staff at work in Mission Control room during Project Mercury. Next scene is closeup of Mercury-Atlas 7 (MA-7) rocket launching on May 24, 1962. A NASA official presents medal to astronaut Scott Carpenter after the flight. View of astronaut Walter Schirra beside his Sigma 7 capsule (used in Mercury MA-8 mission)

Mercury Atlas 7 space flight by the United States astronaut Scott Carpenter, from Cape Canaveral.

Covers successful space mission of Mercury Atlas 7 with astronaut Scott Carpenter out of Cape Canaveral Florida. U.S. astronaut Scott Carpenter prepares for space flight. Crew men help Carpenter to don the space suit. He walks to a transfer van. He disembarks from the van and gets into an elevator to climb to the 11th floor to the Aurora 7 capsule level. Operators at the controls await the launch of the rocket. Launch: Mercury Atlas 7 (MA-7) ignition and blast off, carrying Astronaut Scott Carpenter in the Aurora 7 capsule. The Aurora 7 capsule is released. The capsule completes three successful orbits around the earth. The capsule does not fire properly and lands 250 miles beyond the target area at a sea. The radio contact is disrupted. Then faint signals are heard and the rescue crew reaches the destination. The rescue crew jumps from a helicopter and helps in evacuating Carpenter from the sea.

A NASA official notes time taken by fire fighters to rescue an astronaut from a spacecraft during a drill in the U.S.

Rocket fuel fire fighting and rescue drills in the United States. A rocket on a launch pad. A NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) official talks to fire fighters The fire fighters wearing protective suits enter the spacecraft. A fire fighting man makes an unconscious astronaut wear an oxygen mask. They rescue the astronaut from the spacecraft. A man notes time using a stop watch.

Soviet achievements in space race in 1959; NASA Astronauts trained for space flight in United States.

President Dwight D Eisenhower and Premier Nikita Khrushchev shake hands in the White House during Khrushchev's visit in America, soon after recent Soviet advances in the "space race." Closeup images of the moon, and of images of far side of the moon recorded by Soviets, and also brief Soviet Russian science fiction animated scenes depicting space ships traveling toward the moon, and another space ship vessel in orbit near the moon. In United States two monkeys are shown, named Able and Baker who were part of rocket testing before human flights took place. View of a monkey strapped into a Jupiter rocket and launch is shown of a Jupiter rocket with the monkeys for their space flight. Seven astronauts of the Project Mercury program are shown in training in a weightless, or zero gravity chamber.

Views from within Gemini spacecraft practicing docking maneuvers in space.

Views of Earth from NASA Gemini 7 spacecraft, as it moves in formation with the spent 2nd stage of its Titan II launch rocket. Glimpse of astronaut in capsule, as it moves over an ocean on earth. Gemini 6 approaching within 1 foot of Gemini 7, accomplishing the first rendezvous of manned vehicles in space. Narrator states that Astronaut Frank F. Borman, II, On Gemini 7, prepares to photograph Gemini 6. In change of sequence, the unmanned Agena space vehicle, is seen as Gemini 8 docks with it in a practice maneuver. But a failed thruster on Gemini 8 causes too much yaw and roll, so Command Pilot Neil Armstrong undocks. Gemini 8 rolling at an excess rate of 1 revolution per second, which Astronaut Armstrong had to struggle to overcome before completing the mission.

NATO staff in normal activities. Relationship between defense activities and broader commercial and exploratory advances

NATO staff taking advantage of nice weather to relax a few minutes after lunch. Several women staff members are seen seated on park benches. Two women on a park bench. One turns to lie down near her companion. Scene shifts to French fliers ralaxing in grass. Two in flying gear, including personal flotation vests, are playing chess. Several French Dassault MD.452 Mystere jet fighter planes are parked on a flight line in the background. Elsewhere, two NATO staff men play ping pong. Two others engage in a fencing match. On a sandy shore, two soldiers engage in hand-to-hand combat, while their comrades stand in a line watching. In a park-like setting, several men are playing bocce (bocci). Two men stroll together engaged in somewhat serious conversation. In a casual lounge area of the headquarters, several staff converse with foreign counterparts in the NATO staff. Scene shifts to view from above of open freight train moving along a track, next to an open air depot, where another train of supplies is parked and wheeled cargo handling equipment is stored on the train platform. Renault automobiles moving on an assembly line in a factory. Aircraft landing gears being lowered during testing at a factory. View from above of shadow on the ground cast by a French Caravelle jet transport plane in flight. Two specialists in serious conversation at a technical laboratory. Views of the laboratory and some experimental (seemingly atomic in nature) equipment. A technician engaged in ancillary activities in a laboratory. (Narrator comments about switching the Mark XYZ rocket from defense to space probes.) Next, Astronaut Alan B. Shepard Jr., in his silver pressure suit with the helmet visor closed, steps from a trailer marked "NASA TV No 1." Scene shifts to the rocket launch control room, where NASA controllers at their respective stations monitor video images of Shepard boarding the Mercury capsule. They monitor data pertaining to the status of the rocket and capsule. The Mercury Redstone 3 rocket, carrying Shepard's Freedom 7 Mercury capsule, is next seen in a fiery launch on May 5, 1961.at 9:34 a.m. from P:ad 5 at the Cape Canaveral Air Force Station. (It carried Shepard on a suborbital trajectory lasting 15 minutes and 22 seconds, making him the first American to fly into space.)

NASA Gemini spacecraft practicing docking and maneuvering with Agena vehicle.

A NASA backup Agena unmanned target vehicle, launched as a docking target for Gemini 9, is orbiting with a shroud still attached. Astronauts call it "the angry alligator." Brief closeup of the vehicle. Views from Gemini IX as it practices maneuvering close to the "angry alligator." Change of sequence shows another Agena target vehicle in orbit above an ocean on earth. A Gemini spacecraft docks to form a compound craft with the Agena, and its astronauts then command the Agena to start its rocket engine. Glow is seen from the rocket engine firing. Beautiful views of the Blue Planet, Earth, from a combined Gemini and Agena vehicle in orbit at 850 miles distance.

Close up of Faith 7 capsule during launch of Mercury Atlas-9 rocket in Cape Canaveral, Florida

NASA Faith 7 Capsule seen in detail during launch of Mercury Atlas-9 mission in United States, with astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard. Atlas rocket on a launchpad. The rocket lifts off. Smoke comes out from the engine. The missile climbs up and contrails left out by the missile. The rocket in flight.

Saturn rocket test launch; John F. Kennedy present at Polaris missile launch in the United States

A film about missile launches in the United States. A Saturn rocket on a pad. The launch of the rocket. Cameramen in action. Arrival of U.S. President John F. Kennedy in a United States Air Force Boeing VC-137C and tour of Cape on November 16, 1963. President Kennedy in a car with Major General Leighton I. Davis Commander Air Force Missile Test Center (AFMTC) and James Webb, National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) Administrator, together with Launch Operations Center Director Kurt Debus. Astronauts Major Leroy Gordon Cooper and Major Virgil Grissom in civilian clothes brief Kennedy on the Gemini program. The President with Senator George A. Smathers and Werner Von Braun at the base of the Saturn rocket. President Kennedy boards a United States Marine Corps (USMC) VH-3A helicopter. The helicopter takes off and lands on USNS ( United States Navy Ship ) Observation Island (T-AGM-23). President Kennedy wearing a sailor jacket meets the commander of the ship. He observes the Polaris missile launch from USS Andrew Jackson submarine on 16th November, 1963. President Kennedy talks to Major General Davis and Dr. Kurt Debus at the launch operations division of the NASA. He boards a Boeing VC-137C aircraft at Cape Canvaeral and bids farewell.

Neil Armstrong as first man on the moon; NASA Saturn V rocket of Apollo 11 seen outside hangar and in launch pad in Florida.

Clip opens with footage of astronaut Neil Armstrong setting foot on the moon for the first time, on July 20, 1969 during the NASA Apollo 11 mission. Audio includes Armstrong in discussion with Mission Control about the Eagle lunar module landing, the perceived consistency of the lunar surface, and Armstrong's famous "One small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" statement. View of the Apollo 11 Saturn V rocket from Launch Complex 39 at the John F Kennedy Space Center on Merritt Island in Cape Canaveral Florida, United States. Various camera angles showing the Saturn V rocket in and outside of a hangar, and the Saturn V in its launch pad. Audio during rocket scenes includes President Kennedy expressing the United States "goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Also heard is Lyndon Johnson remarking on American space accomplishments that "we stand ready to share for the benefit of all mankind." Richard Nixon is also heard saying "let us go the new worlds together; not as new worlds to be conquered, but as an adventure to be shared." View of treads of a tracked vehicle moving forward on the surface of the moon.

A manned lunar rocket ship being sent to the surface of the moon.

A Russian science fiction film depicts the history of early rocket club experiments in Russia. A huge manned scientific space station assembled above the earth. A manned lunar rocket ship being sent from the space station to the surface of the moon. Astronauts disembark from the rocket ship on the surface of the moon. The establishment of a pioneer colony on the moon.

NASA Mercury Atlas-9 lift-off from launch pad and contrails seen as it takes flight from Cape Canaveral, Florida.

Launch of NASA Mercury Atlas-9 in Cape Canaveral, United States with astronaut Gordon Cooper aboard. The rocket on a launchpad. A gantry in the background. Smoke comes out from the engine of the rocket and it lifts off, climbs, and creates condensation trail in the sky. The Atlas rocket LV-3B 130-D in flight.

Men work over communication satellite Telstar and Syncom satellite is launched in the United States.

Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. An orbiting solar observatory provides information about the upper atmosphere and radiations from the Sun. Echo, a passive communication satellite, in flight. It is a giant balloon that provides a surface from which radio signals are reflected. Men work over Telstar communication satellite before its launch. View of NASA's "Relay" satellite. Men draft the transferred data from Telstar. The launch of Syncom satellite. A man operates an instrument panel from a control station. Reel to reel tape deck spinning in background. Weather satellite Tiros-1. A man watches photographs of weather patterns sent by Tiros-1. Astronaut Joe Walker prepares for a manned flight. A NASA X-15 rocket powered aircraft parked at an airfield. The astronaut gets into the aircraft. The aircraft takes off attached to a Boeing B-52 for the space flight. The B-52 is NB-52A serial number 52-003, known as "The High and Mighty One." Shows aerial view at time of air-launch separation of X-15 from B-52, and ground views as the X-15 continues on its path toward sub-orbital space flight.

Mercury Atlas 9 mission; and NASA testing of Project Gemini and Project Apollo spacecraft capsules in the United States.

Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 (MA9) from Launch Pad 14 at Cape Canaveral on May 15, 1963. Men aboard ship recover Mercury capsule from sea and astronaut Gordon Cooper emerges from Faith 7 capsule on deck of ship, returning after his successful spaceflight with 22 orbits. Animation depicts the travel path of a rocket from the earth to the moon and the process of landing a vehicle on the moon. Narrator discusses then upcoming Project Gemini program. Astronauts in spacesuits are seen in training on Gemini capsules at NASA facility. A mock docking procedure with a Gemini capsule is shown. Next scene shows a large hangar with multiple 3-man Apollo capsules being built. A test Apollo capsule is lifted by a crane and then dropped into water as part of testing for splash down. Another Apollo capsule is tossed by crane against a solid ground surface to test results of impact.

U.S. President Kennedy and party visit space rocket hangar bay with Dr. Wernher Von Braun in Huntsville, Alabama.

President of the United States John F Kennedy's tour to Redstone arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama. Soldiers of Allied nations holding flags of their countries. An aircraft taxis. Honor guard stand at attention. U.S. Army band plays. President Kennedy and party including Vice President of the United States Lyndon B. Johnson and U.S. Secretary of Army Cyrus Roberts Vance arrive in staff car. The party being taken on tour to hangar by astronautics engineer Dr. Wernher Von Braun. The hangar houses the Saturn rocket which Kennedy and the tour group examines. The party talks in the rocket hangar.

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