Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. A rocket in flight. It explodes. A large smoke column rises. Men work on the failure causes and inspect the damaged parts of the rocket. A sign board reads ' Goddard Space Flight Center'. Research scientists interact and discuss about space projects. Aerial view of the space center.
Space research programs by the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. Animation depicts a network of tracking stations that monitor space probes on a manned satellite and astronauts in an orbit. The status and the position of space vehicles and scientific data are transmitted from the tracking stations to the mission control center. Scientists, engineers and technicians draft the data. Satellite Explorer 1 is launched. Scientists inspect a space vehicle. They demonstrate space probe Mariner 2. Missile Mariner 2 is launched to planet Venus. A satellite antenna gives signals. Men at work in the NASA control station.
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.
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.
A film covers the progress in development of specialized communication,command and control hardware of the NASA Gemini Agena target vehicle in Sunnyvale, California. Animation depicts : the Agena engine burnout. Models of Agena Gemini docking technique. Models of Atlas Agena during ascent. Organizational chart shows Gemini Project Office,McDonnell Aircraft Corporation,USAF Space Systems Division,General Dynamics Astronautics and Lockheed missile and space company. Lockheed Missile and Space Company plant at Sunnyvale, California. Missile Space Vehicles Programs (MSVP). MSVP Gemini status meetings show drawing of Agena Target Vehicle (ATV) and principal subcontractor charts.
A film covers the progress in development of specialized communication,command and control hardware of the NASA Gemini Agena target vehicle in Sunnyvale, California. Women assemble breadboard. Men work on forward equipment rack section of Agena space vehicle. Agena being pushed on a dolly. Tank section and forward equipment rack section being moved on dollies. An Agena equipment on rack. Agena Target Vehicle (ATV) mock up emphasizes engine and aft section. Bell technician inspect Secondary Propulsion System (SYS) module and service panel. Technician at Bell inspect multiple restart engine model 8247 in test cell.