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NASA
Small Steps, Giant Leaps: Episode 7, Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour Small Steps, Giant Leaps
Mike Ciannilli, the agency’s manager of the Apollo, Challenger, Columbia Lessons Learned Program, previews the Space Shuttle Columbia National Tour.
NASA
Houston We Have a Podcast: Technology vs. Space
Wesley Gordon, program manager at Alpha Space, highlights the facility aboard the International Space Station that provides the capability to test materials and technologies in the harsh environment of space. HWHAP Episode 150.
NASA
The Rocket Ranch: Episode 25: Lessons of Loss
On this episode of the Rocket Ranch Podcast, we remember Challenger, her crew and their survivors, and how we carry forward the lessons NASA learned with the director of the Apollo Challenger Columbia Lessons Learned Program.
Wonderscape
History Kids: The Remarkable Life of Katherine Johnson
Explore the incredible life and accomplishments of NASA's Katherine Johnson, nicknamed the "Human Computer." Understand her major contributions to the United States space program as a physicist, space scientist and mathematician and...
Cerebellum
Space Facts - Early Years Of The Space Race
A fact-filled look at 23 of the most important events from man's on-going adventure in space. The first rocket to orbit the moon and women in space. Space Facts. Part 2
Hip Hughes History
How America Won the Race to the Moon
A short overview of the space race to the moon between the US and the Soviet Union.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: Apollo 11: One Giant Leap for Mankind
Original footage [27:32] from the Apollo 11 moon landing narrated in German.
US National Archives
Internet Archive: The Eagle Has Landed: The Flight of Apollo 11
Video [28:25] tells of the historic flight Apollo 11 moon landing as seen through television, motion picture and still photography.
US National Archives
Archive: Friendship Seven
1962 film [57:52] film depicting Astronaut John H. Glenn's first American orbital space flight, documents flight of Friendship Seven in Project Mercury, including a close look at tracking stations around the world.
PBS
Pbs the Presidents: Lyndon B. Johnson
Here you can find a detailed biography of Lyndon B. Johnson and an overview of his presidency. Content includes a focus on LBJ's early career, domestic politics, foreign affairs, presidential politics, and legacy. A teacher's guide and a...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Space Program Progress
After much trial and error, Nasa successfully launched and tested a Mercury series rocket which spent all of 16 minutes in space until it returned the capsule that would one day hold our first astronauts safely to the earth.
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: John F. Kennedy Tours Space Program
J.F.K. tours a number of facilities around the U.S. connected with the development of the space program. Highlights include a visit with Werner Von Braun, and tours of Cape Canaveral & Houston as well as views of the Mercury and...
Have Fun With History
Have Fun With History: Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
This archival color footage of Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is joined with the voice of President John F. Kennedy expressing his concern over the buildup of the Russian space program during the cold war.
NPR: National Public Radio
Npr: Sputnik at 50: Looking Back at the Space Race
The Soviets were surprised at the world's reaction to their accomplishment. Little did they know that they had thrust the world into the Space Age. NPR supplies historic facts, thoughts of people involved, and information on the impact...
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: 1957 Sputnik News Reel
Presents audio and video news reels of the launch of the first space shuttle, Sputnik, in 1957 along with related information and links.
Science Friday Initiative
Science Friday: Us Military Keeps Wary Eye on Asia's Space Race
One expert says Asia's space race could result in peaceful competition or military conflict. Listen to the Science Friday discussion.