NASA: How America Won the Space Race to the Moon Stories

One small step for man, one giant leap for humanity: These historic words spoken by Neil Armstrong, as he became the first man to walk on the moon, will resonate through the ages. The moon landing NASA's successful mission on July 20, 1969 may be the most memorable moment of the space race, but it was preceded by more than a decade of intense rivalry between the United States and the USSR for conquest. This episode of History Stories uses archival footage to trace progress from the first scientific advances in space exploration, to a historic mission that combined the efforts of former rivals and set. end of the space race.

00:00 Intro: The conquest of space – competition between the USA and the USS
0:32 Kick-off of the "Space Race" – the launch of the Soviet satellite "Sputnik 1" (1958)
1:14 /"NASA Project Mercury": Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space (1961)
1:51 Historic speech by US President John F. Kennedy (1962)
2:40 p.m. /"Gemini Project/"
4:14 /"Project Apollo/" and the Apollo 11 mission
7:18 Neil Armstrong becomes the first human to walk on the Moon (1969)
9:33 a.m. The /"Apollo-Soyuz Test Project/"

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