Shipment of U.S. livestock in the United States. Herd of American cattle is shipped by the United Nations Relief and Rehabilitation Administration to war affected nations in World War II. Cattle walk through gangplank and board ship. Ship leaves dock.
Summary of first five years of NASA space operations. Space research programs of the National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) in the United States. View of the U.S. Capitol. Vehicles move on streets. Trees in the background. A sign board reads 'National Aeronautics And Space Administration (NASA) Headquarters'. The American flag flutters from a flagpole in front of the NASA Headquarters building. View of launch operations center. Men leave a gateway. Crew men climb up a gantry. View of a satellite antenna. Men at a control station monitor space signals. A rocket is launched on an Apollo mission. Crowd of civilians gathered to watch the launch, taking pictures and viewing with binoculars. Astronaut John Herschel Glenn arrives after a successful space flight. Civilians gathered to greet and celebrate John Glenn at a parade in New York City. Aerial view of a passenger aircraft in flight . Scientists and officials address a press conference about space projects.
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. 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.
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