|
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.
The Forum
The Forum
is a great place to discuss aviation, space exploration, science &
technology, or just about anything else you can imagine, with other
people who share those interests.
| Recent Topics |
|
[Space Shuttle]
|
STS-130
by spacecat27
|
Yesterday at 03:47:57 PM
|
|
[Politics]
|
Effects of the State of the Union speech on NASA.
by DonPMitchell
|
February 07, 2010, 09:05:01 PM
|
|
[Aviation & Space News]
|
Amazing Delta IV Heavy Photo
by jdbenner
|
February 05, 2010, 03:34:41 PM
|
|
[Aviation & Space History]
|
Home video of Challenger Explosion surfaces after 24 years.
by surlalune
|
February 04, 2010, 05:26:16 PM
|
|
[Fact or Fiction?]
|
Dragons, Myth or Legend
by apollo@pluto
|
January 27, 2010, 05:14:23 AM
|
|
[Air & Space]
|
"Outer Space"
by apollo@pluto
|
January 27, 2010, 04:58:46 AM
|
|
[Entertainment]
|
New TV show: Defying Gravity on ABC
by spacecat27
|
January 26, 2010, 06:06:21 PM
|
|
[Entertainment]
|
Buzz Aldrin's race into space
by Peyre
|
January 26, 2010, 12:35:11 AM
|
|
| Who's Online |
12 Guests, 0 Users
|
Space News
Top Stories from SPACE.com
Prior to the Space Shuttle the United States had five manned space
programs. Each program benefited from the one before it, and each
accomplished it's goals. Although the space race was originally a
competition between two cold war foes, it ultimately resulted in many
benefits for the people of the Earth.
Mercury -
Gemini -
Apollo -
Skylab -
Apollo-Soyuz
At the peak of the Apollo program, roughly 400,000 people worked for NASA
or one of it's contractors. Every person involved in the space program had
an important role and a lot of responsibility.
Astronauts -
Government -
NASA -
Other
The astronauts obviously would not have gotten off the Earth without
technology. This section of the encyclopedia will provide information
about the rockets, spacecrafts, space suits, and other equipment used
by NASA to make space exploration possible.
Rockets -
Satellites & Probes -
Spacecrafts
Space Suits -
Miscellaneous
NASA is a very open agency and much of their documentation is available to
the public. I will try to link to as many of these documents as possible
in this section of the encyclopedia.
Presidential Speeches -
Treaties & Laws -
Timeline
NASA took thousands of photographs during the space race, and many of
them are available on the internet. I will include some of them here.
Audio -
Images -
Video
While reading about the space race you will come across a lot
of abbreviations. Rocket scientists love to use abbreviations. The
glossary is where you will find the definitions.
A -
B -
C -
D -
E -
F -
G -
H -
I -
J -
K -
L -
M -
N -
O -
P
Q -
R -
S -
T -
U -
V -
W -
X -
Y -
Z
|