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The Soviets intended to use this rocket and capsule to send humans to the moon. The program lacked funding and, after four failed attempts, the program was abandoned in 1974.

In this excerpt, President John F. Kennedy outlines why the space program is vital to national interests, what its benefits will be, how many national resources it deserves, and its expected results, including a bold prediction of moon exploration.

Senator Lodge describes the proposed Open Skies program, which was intended to de-escalate the Cold War and provide more transparency for technological and military developments. The Open Skies program would have allowed reconnaissance operations to…

After some setbacks and second place finishes to the Soviets, the United States successfully became the first nation to land a man on the moon. Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin stepped foot on the moon on July 20, 1969, and astronaut Michael…

Astronaut Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.,Lunar Module (LM) pilot, walks near the module as a picture is taken of him. Discoloration is visible on his boots and suit from the lunar soil adhering to them. Reflection of the LM and Astronaut Niel A. Armstrong is…

A comic book that was used as Cold War propaganda

August 15, 1960 - Dwight D. Eisenhower holds the American flag which was carried in the capsule - retrieved from Discoverer XIII. [72-3525-5]

"The Berlin blockade brought former allies to the brink of war. Britain, France, the United States and the Soviet Union defeated and began their occupation of Germany in 1945, and within a few years, the Soviets and their Western partners were…

Carl Mydans was coming to the end of his assignment as TIME-LIFE bureau chief in Tokyo when North Korea decided to invade South Korea. During the first few weeks of the Korean War, the fighting was referred to as nothing more than a "police action."…