AVE6328320: Russia, 1950s: Bombs drop from underside of plane / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328325: Russia, 1950s: man drops papers on table / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328329: 1980s: President John F / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328331: 1980s: Lunar module orbits the moon / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328338: 1980s: Astronaut in space suit / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328345: 1980s: Rocket engines ignite and fire billows out / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328347: 1980s: Rocket on launch pad / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328356: 1980s: Experimental Nasa aircraft flies through the air / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328359: 1980s: Experimental aircraft is dropped from larger jet / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328360: Russia, 1950s: view along street and road / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328362: Russia, 1950s: worker lowers building frame into position / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328364: 1980s: Space Shuttle lands on runway / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328369: 1980s: Astronauts stand talking with President Ronald Reagan and Nancy Reagan / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328373: 1980s: Two men are in space station simulator / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328378: Russia, 1950s: man drives tractor across field / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328380: 1980s: Satellite launched into space from Space Shuttle / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328384: 1980s: Scientist in lab / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328389: 1980s: Crystals form / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328391: Russia, 1950s: cows eat hay in shed / Bridgeman Images

AVE6328394: 1980s: Fisheye view of astronaut floating across docking bay of Space Shuttle with earth behind them / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329004: United States, 1970s: door of storm cellar in ruin of house / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329009: United States, 1930s-1940s: Factory scientist performs tests using beakers and test tubes / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329015: United States, 1930s-1940s: Crankshafts exit a heat treating machine / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329034: United States, 1960s: Ends of copper wire, scissors cut pieces fast and slowly, hand shaves one wire with electric razor / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329040: United States, 1930s-1940s: A crane arm removes the container around an ingot of hardened metal in an open hearth area of a factory / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329050: United States, 1930s-1940s: Cars drive into and out of a Henry factory property / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329064: United States, 1930s-1940s: A factory worker operates a machine that runs sheets of flattened metal down a conveyer belt / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329067: United States, 1930s-1940s: Close up of an electric gauge display / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329071: United States, 1930s-1940s: A factory worker weighs v8 engine pistons, checking for weight variation / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329075: UNITED STATES 1980s: View of warning sign, pan to man in lab coat. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329076: United States, 1930s-1940s: A factory worker places an engine part into an electric machine that holds it in place / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329080: United States, 1930s-1940s: A stack of v8 engine blocks sits on a Henry factory floor / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329087: UNITED STATES 1980s: Tracking shot, urine samples on table. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329100: United States, 1930s-1940s: A factory employee observes a machine that tests a v8 engine's belt / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329102: UNITED STATES 1980s: Close up pan of sample jars. / Bridgeman Images

AVE6329106: United States, 1930s-1940s: Two factory workers place a steel sheet onto a press that shapes it into the top exterior of an automobile / Bridgeman Images