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42) Dog star
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Nina, a young girl unsure of her role in her communist society, befriends a dog named Laika, who dreams of finding a home and is being studied in Nina's father's lab as part of the Soviet space program
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When Apollo astronaut Gene Cernan stepped on the moon in December 1972, he left his footprints and his daughters' initials in the lunar dust. Now, over forty years later, is he ready to share his epic but deeply personal story of fulfillment, love, and loss. Cernan's burning ambition carried him from a quiet Chicago suburb to the spectacular and hazardous environment of space and, ultimately, to the moon.
47) The space race
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Describes the history of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union.
49) The space race
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Discusses the race between the United States and the Soviet Union to be the first nation to send a man into space and to land on the moon, including a glimpse of historical, technological, and human factors involved.
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Tells the dramatic story of the Apollo missions and their heroic astronauts. Go from President John F. Kennedy's historic speech to the manned space missions and through to the defining moment of the space program - putting a man on the moon. These are the stories of the men, women and children who lived, breathed and manufactured from the power of human will, one of the greatest achievements in the history of mankind.
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In this new 2021 high-definition program, learn all about the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union dating back to the late 1950s and early '60s. Understand the historical context of the time. Contrast that to the current privatization of space travel exploration by billionaires Richard Branson, Jeff Bezos, and Elon Musk and explore other countries' progress in the space race, as well as NASA's current and future missions. Detailed...
56) The sixties
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Examines the social, political, economic, and technological changes in the United States during the nineteen sixties.
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"Get ready for takeoff with A Child's Introduction to Space Exploration, in this journey that takes young readers above the clouds and into the universe beyond, accompanied with stunning photographs and curated STEM experiments for students in and out of the classroom"--
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"Today, everyone is familiar with Neil Armstrong's famous words as he first set foot on the moon: 'one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind.' He made it look easy, but America's journey to the moon was anything but simple. In 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, the world's first satellite, into orbit, America had barely crossed the starting line of the great Space Race. Later that year, our first attempt was such a failure that...
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