Welcome! See TIME LIFE Books: A Man on the Moon 30th Anniversary Commemorative Book Set Sputnik sent back the first signals from the cosmos and the space race was on. From the archives of LIFE comes one of the most momentous chapters in the Cold War and a giant leap for mankind. Editor: Seth Goddard Art Direction & Design: Carlos Pisco Producer: Elizabeth Owen Photo Research: Neal Jackson Photo ...

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Tells how sputnik was a turning point in American History.

This site is hosted by Netfirms Web Hosting SIXTIES.NET The Astronauts Mercury, Gemini, Apollo and the Race to the Moon In the late 1950's, after the then-Soviet Union launched the first earth satellite, Sputnik, the United States began a race into space. And in the early 1960's, President John F. Kennedy commited the U.S. to a Race to the Moon. While Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gargarin was the ...