AVE6327646: United States, 1950s: Sputnik 2 launches / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327650: United States, 1950s: Views of satellite positioned on Jupiter C rocket at night / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327654: United States, 1950s: Close up of loudspeaker / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327659: United States, 1950s: Astronauts walk towards rocket / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327662: United States, 1950s: Aerial views of highways and roads / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327665: United States, 1950s: Students walk toward Soviet university / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327683: Russia, 1950s: The Soviet Union launches a rocket into the moonlight / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327694: Russia, 1950s: A model of a space ship built by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327697: Russia, 1950s: Tsiolkovsky's granddaughter recounts her grandfather's belief in rocketry / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327698: United States, 1950s: Footage of a radioactive column of particles and cloud / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327699: 1970s: Students board school bus / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328212: UNITED STATES: 1981: Space shuttle lid door opening during flight in space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328215: UNITED STATES: 1981: Man watching computer screen during space flight. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328216: UNITED STATES: 1981: Close up view of space shuttle in space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328217: UNITED STATES: 1981: Close up panoramic view of space shuttle's body as it travels through space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328219: Europe, 1940s: sign on wall / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328221: UNITED STATES: 1981: Astronaut working in cabin of space shuttle as it travels through space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328229: UNITED STATES: 1981: Man in swimming trunks walks along deck of ship on ocean. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328231: UNITED STATES: 1981: Man working at desk during space flight. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328238: UNITED STATES: 1981: View of Earth from space shuttle. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328241: Europe, 1940s: newspaper headlines about feeding the world / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328246: UNITED STATES: 1981: Close up views of Earth from space shuttle. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328265: UNITED STATES: 1981: Man sat inside radar locating astronauts as they return from space. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328285: People Dancing on Studio Set of a Street / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328287: UNITED STATES: 1981: Space shuttle lands on sandy runway. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328290: Russia, 1950s: weapon fire and smoke in town / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328292: UNITED STATES: 1981: Ground control team stand and clap after space shuttle lands safely on runway. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328299: 1980s: Nasa logo appears / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328302: Russia, 1950s: men sit on floor / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328306: Russia, 1950s: men stoke fire / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328319: 1980s: Men raise instrument to top of rocket / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328321: 1980s: President John F / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328322: 1980s: Man loads gun / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328324: 1980s: Rocket launches into space / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328340: Russia, 1950s: man controls machine on mountain / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328341: 1980s: People in mission control room / Bridgeman Images