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Space Race From Sputnik to Shuttle DVD Metal Case Box Set NASA Archive - $25 (Essex / Caldwell)
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*** DVD DISCS ARE PRISTINE CLEAN ***
Run time : 6 hours and 12 minutes
Release date : July 9, 2013
Product Description
Based entirely on the official NASA archives and filmed in stunningly cinematic detail, this outstanding 2-DVD set recounts one of the most glowing achievements in the history of human exploration.
This is the story of the Space Race, from the launch of the Soviet s Sputnik I on October 4, 1957 to the successful completion of the first phase of the Space Shuttle program in 1983. These twenty-five years witnessed triumph and tragedy as the Soviet Union and the United States battled for control of outer space.
DISC 1: Race To The Moon
Explore the history of the U.S. space program! Beginning with the U.S. response to the launch of Sputnik, we follow the program through the successes and failures of the Mercury, Gemini, and Apollo programs and their final culmination in the era of lunar exploration.
Chapters include:
The Sputnik Challenge America in Space Gemini: Around the Moon
The Era of Lunar Exploration
DISC 2: Era Of The Space Shutt le
Beginning with the history of Skylab, America s first orbiting space station, this disc then goes on to the era of deep space exploration with the Mariner, Viking, and Voyager planetary probes and culminates with the successful launch of America s space shuttle fleet. This volume also contains a special bonus episode on the official results of NASA s inquiry into the Challenger disaster
Chapters include:
The Years of Skylab The Exploration of Deep Space The Space Shuttle Takes Flight The Challenger Disaster