Welcome to TheSpaceRace.com, a website dedicated to the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo space programs.

This site is intended to be a reference for people learning about space history, whether they are students or just space enthusiasts.

You will find information about the manned missions to Earth orbit and the Moon during the 1960′s and 1970′s in the Encyclopedia. In the Multimedia archives you will have access to many photographs, audio recordings, and videos.

The sites content was limited to the earlier American space programs for two reasons. The first reason is that it is the era of space exploration that interests me the most. The second reason is that the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs have ended while the Shuttle and Space Station are still active programs and it would be too hard for me to keep the site up to date. I hope to add information about the Soviet space programs in the future.

Please feel free to Contact Us if you have any comments or questions about the site. We also welcome corrections if you find an error on any of our pages.

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TheSpaceRace.com celebrates it’s 10th anniversary!

Posted on: February 11, 2011 by Kelly Jones

It’s hard to believe, but TheSpaceRace.com has been online for 10 years!

I started the website on March 31, 2001 (okay, so it’s still a month and a half short of 10 years… but I think we’ll make it) as a way to hone my web design skills. I decided to make a website based on one of my main interests, the space program. I almost made it about the movies I like, and I’m glad I didn’t because I’ve met a lot of interesting people through TheSpaceRace.com.

The original site is actually still online. You can see it for yourself here. Over the years the look of the site has changed a few times, and I’ve learned a lot about web design. And now, to coincide with the 10th anniversary I have introduced another major redesign. I hope you like it!

The biggest change this time is that the site is now powered by WordPress. This is a big deal because it will make it a lot easier for me to create or edit content. I can even allow other people to contribute!

I will probably still be tweaking the design for a while, and I still have to make the layout of the forum consistent with the main site, but the major work is done. If you have any comments (good or bad) about the new site please feel free to let me know.

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Yuri Gagarin / STS-1 Anniversaries

Posted on: April 12, 2011 by Kelly Jones

As you know, April 12, 2011 is the 50th anniversary of Yuri Gagarin becoming the first human in space.

First Orbit is a film that recreates in real-time Gagarin’s first orbit using footage from the International Space Station. It’s a great video, check it out.

Today is also the 30th anniversary of STS-1, the first flight of a Space Shuttle. Astronauts John Young and Robert Crippen flew Space Shuttle “Columbia” for two days before landing at Edward’s Air Force Base in California.

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