The Space Race

A collection of 3 Posts

The Summer of 69 (Part 2 of 2) post image

The Summer of 69 (Part 2 of 2)

The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out

The Summer of 69 (Part 1 of 2) post image

The Summer of 69 (Part 1 of 2)

The Moon landings gave the summer of 1969 its defining story. But elsewhere in the world many other events of consequence were playing out

The Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1950) post image

The Wind Tunnel at Langley Aeronautical Laboratory (1950)

"Aerodynamic research into hypersonic speeds—perhaps in the region of 15,000 miles an hour—will ultimately be carried out"