The American space program (1957-1969)

Running an artificial Earth satellite "Explorer-1" from Cape Canaveral.

1957: The military are building the Rocket Center.

Sitting in the center.

At the table, Wernher von Braun and others

An article in the newspaper about the launch of Soviet satellite.

The machine with the words "exhibition.

The U.S. Army" on the street.

Exhibits.

Failed rocket: rocket falls at the start of the fire.

Meeting in a rocket center.

Wernher von Braun, the model rocket.

Development of a new missile.

Design office staff to the drawing board.

Various studies in the center.

Assembling the rocket.

Scientists at work in the center.

Polygon Rocket Center.

Preparing to launch rockets at Cape Canaveral.

Redstone rocket.

Observers on the ground.

Missile testing at the landfill.

Military aircraft takes off.

Laboratory in California.

Engineers at work at the tables.

Employees have the equipment.

Proving Ground Rocket Center.

01.1958: Preparation for testing the Explorer-1.

Rocket from the start.

Engineers from the apparatus.

Remote control center.

The rocket at the start: the night shooting.

The staff at the control panel.

Explorer at the start.

Negotiations employees.

Prints typist.

Count the seconds before the start of the satellite.

Officers at the console.

Loudspeaker.

Typewriter.

Instrument readings.

Military research laboratory in the state of Georgia - a sign on the gate.

Military station.

The officer said by telephone.

The National Academy of Sciences of the USA: A press conference for journalists.

Interview Wernher von Braun on the development of satellite satellite "Explorer 1".

Presentation of the founders of the satellite.

Model satellite.

Photographers.

Wernher von Braun and others photographed with a model of a satellite in his hands.

Photo in the newspaper.

Cape Canaveral: Preparing for the launch of "Explorer-3".

Observers watching from cars, from the rostrum.

Rocket from the start.

The launch of the rocket in the sky.

Announcer recording the message.

Broadcasters around the message read.

Observers look to the sky.

The satellites fly around the earth - a model.

The launch in the U.S..

People watching