DIGITAL HISTORY PRINTABLE VERSION THE SPACE RACE PREVIOUS NEXT DIGITAL THE SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED SPUTNIK FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE SPHERE ORBITED THE EARTH ONCE 96 MINUTES RADIO SIGNALS 21 DAYS BURNED SATELLITE THOUSAND THE UNITED STATES ATTEMPT NAVY VANGUARD ROCKET CARRYING SIZE LIFTED FEET LAUNCH PAD FALLING BACK TO EARTH BALL ORANGE FLAMES BLACK SMOKE PREMIER KHRUSHCHEV BOASTED SLEEPS SOVIET MOON INTERCONTINENTAL BALLISTIC SOVIET LEADERS PROOF HYDROGEN BOMBS LAUNCH THE COLD WAR COMPETITION IN OUTER SPACE THOUGHT THEMSELVES AS THE WORLD TECHNOLOGY FELT SENSATION ROCKETS CIRCLE THE MOON PICTURES DARK THE SOVIETS MANNED COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN UNMANNED VEHICLE ON THE MOON CONGRESS PASS MASSIVE FEDERAL SCIENCE PRIORITY SPACE PRESIDENT KENNEDY TELL JOINT SESSION OF CONGRESS MAY 1961 MAN ON THE MOON BRING HIM HOME THE END PROGRAM SIX ONE FLIGHTS THE MERCURY PROGRAM SUBORBITAL ORBITAL MISSION LASTED 34 HOURS GEMINI PROGRAM SPACEWALK RENDEZVOUS DOCKING 14 DAYS DISASTER FIRE PROTOTYPE COMMAND MODULE KILLING THE CREW APOLLO PAVED THE WAY HISTORIC THE LAUNCH PEOPLE EASTERN TIME ASTRONAUT NEIL ARMSTRONG ANNOUNCED EAGLE HAS LANDED THE LANDING VEHICLE LESS THAN MINUTES WORTH FUEL THE ASTRONAUTS SPENT HOURS WALKING ON LUNAR SURFACE EIGHT PRESIDENT KENNEDY THE MISSION TOTAL OF 40 AMERICAN EMPLOYEES COMPANIES THE APOLLO THE COST HALF ALL AMERICANS TOO YOUNG REMEMBER THAT JOHNSON SPACE CENTER SATURN V ROCKET ON THE GROUND MOCKUP CARRY BUDGET CUTBACKS NEVER COPYRIGHT