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Gallery Package - The Space Race ... lift off
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Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, was launched on 4 October 1957<br>The start of the Space Race -- the launching of a Soviet man-made earth satellite, Sputnik 1-- is shown in this photo from the Russian documentary film, Ten Years of the Space Age, released December 27, 1967, by Novosti Press Agency (now RIA Novosti ).
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The Vanguard 3-stage rocket, carrying America's first Sputnik bound for outer space, is counted down... and out! Something went wrong, and this huge explosion was the result of months of experiments and trials. American hopes exploded sky-high at the failure of the first attempt.<br>9th December 1957
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Launch of ANNA Satellite<br>1962<br>
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Space Launches. Launching of John Glenn's atlas space rocket, 1962 from Cape Kennedy.<br>
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Cape kennedy, Florida: Moon landing ? No. This was the left off at Cape Kennedy december 21 of the giant Saturn V rocket that carried the apollo 8 spacecraft into space for an historic journey to the moon. At right, a lone duck, startled at the roar of the engines, goes into flight of its own.<br>24 December 1968
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Apollo 4 lift off. Cape Canaveral, Florida. © NASA / The Image Works
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Space Launches. Apollo 7 launch. October 11th 1968
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Cape Kennedy Florida Apollo 10 lift off
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July 1969<br>Apollo II Launch
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Astronomy
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Space Launches. Viking 2 bound for Mars. September 9th 1975.
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Space Launches. Voyager. August 20th 1977.
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Space launches. Pioneer Venus-A lift off, May 1978.
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The &quotColumbia" space shuttle ot the NASA, on its way to the launching site. Cape Canaveral, Kennedy Space Center. Florida, april 1981.
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Space Shuttle Challenger 1983
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The Discovery ready to go June 1984
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Space Shuttle launch 1986 (prior to disaster)- <br>© TopFoto / AP
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88-15032 Buran (Snowstorm), the Soviet re-usable space shuttle, affixed to its booster rocket, Energiiya, at Baikonur, Russia’s launch site, Kazakstan.
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The Space Shuttle Orbiter Columbia, takes off with 7 scientists on board 1991
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U.S. Air Force. Delta II spatial launcher. October 23, 1996.
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Space Shuttle Endeavour during Night Launch - STS Mission 67 - ASTRO-2 satellite Cape Canaveral, Florida
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Night launch of Space Shuttle mission 67 - ASTRO Satellite<br>Cape Canaveral, Florida
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The Space Shuttle Columbia begins its 27th flight in the pre-dawn hours from Launch Pad 39A. Liftoff for STS-109 occurred at 6:22:02:08 a.m., EST (11:22:02:08 GMT).<br>The goal of the mission is the maintenance and upgrade of the Hubble Space Telescope, to be carried out in five space<br>walks. On board the spacecraft were astronauts Scott D. Altman, Duane G. Carey, Nancy J. Currie, John M.<br>Grunsfeld, James H. Newman, Richard M. Linnehan and Michael J. Massimino.
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-- A profile perspective from a remote camera shows the Space Shuttle Endeavour as it lifts off into an afternoon sky to begin the STS-108 mission to the International Space Station (ISS). Liftoff occurred at 5:19:28 p.m. (EST), December 5, 2001, from Launch Pad 39B. Onboard were four STS-108 astronauts and three Expedition Four crewmembers en route to replace a three-person crew aboard the orbital outpost.
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KENNEDY SPACE CENTER, FLA. -<br>Space Shuttle Atlantis seems surrounded by birds - most likely pelicans - as it roars into the clear blue sky on mission STS-110. Liftoff occurred at 3:44:19 p.m. EDT 20:41:19 GMT). Carrying the S0 Integrated Truss Structure and Mobile Transporter, STS-110 is the 13th assembly<br>flight to the International Space Station.
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida: Launch of Columbia Shuttle. April 4, 1997 ©Larry Mulvehill / The Image Works
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida: The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39B to begin a nine-day mission in Earth-orbit. Onboard were Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Steven W. Lindsey, Scott F. Parazynski, Steven K. Robinson, Pedro Duque, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Chaiki Naito-Mukai. Duque is a mission specialists representing the European Space Agency (ESA) & Mukai is a payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). 2:19 p.m. October 29, 1998 ©NASA / The Image Works
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida: The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39B to begin a nine-day mission in Earth-orbit. Onboard were Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Steven W. Lindsey, Scott F. Parazynski, Steven K. Robinson, Pedro Duque, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Chaiki Naito-Mukai. Duque is a mission specialists representing the European Space Agency (ESA) & Mukai is a payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). 2:19 p.m. October 29, 1998 ©NASA / The Image Works
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Kennedy Space Center, Florida: The Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off Launch Pad 39B to begin a nine-day mission in Earth-orbit. Onboard were Curtis L. Brown, Jr., Steven W. Lindsey, Scott F. Parazynski, Steven K. Robinson, Pedro Duque, U.S. Senator John Glenn and Chaiki Naito-Mukai. Duque is a mission specialists representing the European Space Agency (ESA) & Mukai is a payload specialist representing Japan's National Space Development Agency (NASDA). 2:19 p.m. October 29, 1998 ©NASA / The Image Works
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(20 November 1998) ---- Zarya, the first component of the International Space Station (ISS), launched flawlessly at 1:40 a.m. (EST) on November 20, 1998, from Kazahkstan. Atop a Russian Proton rocket, the Zarya Module was lifted into orbit from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazahkstan. The STS-88 astronauts and the Space Shuttle Endeavour will link up with the module next month. This will begin the multi-year assembly of the ISS.
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(September 2000) --- Filling the ground with billows of smoke and steam created by the flaming solid rocket boosters, Space Shuttle Atlantis speeds toward space on mission STS-106. The perfect on-time liftoff occurred at 8:45:47 a.m. EDT. On the 11-day mission to the International Space Station, the seven-member crew will perform support tasks on orbit, transfer supplies and prepare the living quarters in the newly arrived Zvezda Service Module. The first long-duration crew is due to arrive at the Station in late fall. Landing of Atlantis is targeted for 4:45 a.m. EDT on Sept. 19.
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Soyuz TM-32 - the launch, April 10 2001. American, Denis Tito, first space tourist, paid $20 million to join Russian cosmonauts, Talgat Musabayev & Yury Baturin , on Soyuz-TM32. I01-1375<br><br>ÿØÿà
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A low-angle still photo captures the Space Shuttle Atlantis lifting off from KSC's Launch Complex 39 at 4:44:19 p.m.<br>EDT), April 8, 2002. Seven astronauts were en route to the International Space Station (ISS) for a week of work on the<br>orbital outpost, including the installation of the S0 (S-zero) truss--centerpiece of the station's main truss.
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