Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Host Hodding Carter introduces segment on the history National Space Program (NASA).
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
See clip 355140_1_1 for original newsreel. Universal Newsreel (1957) covering the Soviet launch of the first satellite, Sputnik I; animated orbit sequence; starting of the Cold War United States-Soviet Union space race.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Astronaut, NASA, space program training; astronaut in spacesuit, being closed into simulator; astronaut spinning in centripetal force machine.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Excerpt from Special Message to the Congress on Urgent National Needs. May 25, 1961. President John F Kennedy (JFK); "I believe that this nation should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the earth." Vice-President Lyndon B Johnson (LBJ) in BG.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
1960s NASA rocket launches; VS Saturn rocket launches; rockets lifting off from launch tower; fire; exhaust.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
President Lyndon B Johnson watching rocket launch on television, TV; in White House, Oval Office
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Burned Apollo I space capsule; after the fire that resulted in the deaths of astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, Roger B Chaffee. NASA scientists, engineers examining remains of space capsule.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
POV from Apollo Lunar Module approaching surface moon for landing. Panning still of Apollo 11 (1969) astronaut Buzz Aldrin on Moon; US Flag on moon; astronaut saluting flag, (Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong). Astronauts walking on moon, bouncing in spacesuits (Apollo missions 11-17, 1969-1972). Astronaut driving Lunar Roving Vehicle, moon rover, moon buggy.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Apollo 16 Lunar Module taking off from moon (1972); POV from orbiting craft, module approaching. Russian and American astronauts meet at docking during the Apollo-Soyuz mission (1975); smiling shaking hands, Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and US Astronaut Thomas P Stafford. VO discusses NASA budget cuts.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
VS NASA engineers designing, building satellites in cleanroom environment, wearing protective suits (bunny suits) and facemasks; Voyager 1; computer graphic of Voyager floating by Saturn, shots of computer images transmitted from Voyager
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
NASA scientists and engineers working on Space Shuttle prototypes and test models; spacecraft prototype test flights; Illustration of space station; prototype craft releasing from cargo plane midair; prototype craft landing on runway.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
First Space Shuttle launch; STS-1; Columbia; lifting off from launchpad, launch tower; fire, smoke, exhaust; liftoff; shuttle in sky; Kennedy Space Center.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Satellite deploying from Space Shuttle; open shuttle cargo bay above Earth; orbit; Astronauts, in EVA, spacesuits; spacewalk; in space, outer space; shuttle orbiting over Earth.
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
State of The Union; Excerpt from Address Before a Joint Session of the Congress on the State of the Union. January 25, 1984. President Ronald Reagan who says he is calling on NASA to develop a permanently manned space station in the next ten years. "We can reach for greatness again. We can follow our dreams to distant stars, living and working in space for peaceful, economic, and scientific gain. Tonight, I am directing NASA to develop a permanently manned space station and to do it within a decade."
Capitol Journal - Space Shuttle - History of Space Program
Space shuttle landing on runway in desert; escorted by jet airplane; NASA