America In Space
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America in space. In celebration of the 50th anniversary of the apollo 11 moon landing hear how hollywood s composers have been inspired by the achievements of american space travel. His testimony on america in space. Robert jacobs nasa media services director.
The gateway to space is located in new mexico outside of truth or consequences. America in space is the work of many people. This site has the basic information on all manned u s.
And bertram ulrich curator nasa art program. Until then america s space exploration had been entrusted to the military but immediately following sputnik the. Visiting and touring spaceport america requires prior authorization.
The main contributors to the project are steven dick nasa chief historian. The space race was a 20th century competition between two cold war rivals the soviet union ussr and the united states us to achieve firsts in spaceflight capability. While sources of information are plentiful collection consolidation and verification are tedious.
Spaceport america is the world s first purpose built spaceport. Future visions current issues focused on pressing challenges to space including. These pages are constantly being tuned improved and expanded.
A mix of music film clips and archival footage will tell the story of our push to explore beyond earth s atmosphere from the thrill of the space race to the possibility of missions to mars. It had its origins in the ballistic missile based nuclear arms race between the two nations following world war ii. Nasa s first fifty years.