AVE6327709: United States, 1950s: Dr. Goddard, a pioneer in rocketry, attempts to test his parachute in a field / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327751: United States, 1990s: Photographs of galaxies / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327666: United States, 1950s: Close up of Joseph Stalin / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327678: United States, 1950s: Cloud forming after a nuclear explosion / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327687: United States, 1950s: Diagram of a radioactive cloud, labelled 'early fallout' / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327512: United States, 1950s: hands place paper over printing press block / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327711: United States, 1950s: Spectators wait eagerly as those in the control room prepare to launch an event / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327572: United States, 1970s: man in science lab / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327750: 1970s: Teacher speaks to class / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327762: United States, 1990s: Zoom out on illustration of galaxy / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327617: United States, 1930s: A dog prepares to go to space with different tests / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327626: United States, 1930s: Men carry a small rocket and set it up in an isolated field / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327632: Germany, 1940s: Scientists build a rocket and weapons / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327647: United States, 1950s: Animation of satellite, dog superimposed in satellite / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327653: United States, 1950s: Views of rocket launch crew in control booth / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327671: United States, 1950s: Military officials inspect rockets / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327701: United States, 1950s: Dr. Goddard and his early rocket experiments / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327704: United States, 1950s: Reporters and newsmen arrive at a US base to witness the launching of a rocket / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327710: United States, 1950s: People in a metropolitan area do their activities of daily living / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327713: 1970s: Children walk along side of road / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327716: 1970s: Bus picks up children at bus stop / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327719: 1970s: Students grab hand rail and climb onto bus / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327734: United States, 1950s: The satellite Explorer I is prepared in a facility / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327746: United States, 1950s: Rocket on launch pad falling over / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327764: United States, 1990s: Panning shot of city skyline / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327767: America, c.1990s:Medium shot of astronaut on STS-49 mission providing telecom instructions on how to install capture bar on satellite to a second astronaut who works to install the bar / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327774: United States, 1990s: Slow motion of drop on pond / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327789: United States, 1990s: Photographs of galaxies / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327801: 1950s: Drawing of two people / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327810: 1950s: Male professor stands at chalkboard with drawing of two people / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327813: America, c.1990s: Astronaut, attached to a robotic arm, works on the exterior of the space shuttle Endeavour in orbit / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327855: America, c.1990s: Medium shot: Astronaut in space receives telecom instruction while attaching capture bar on satellite / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327888: America, c.1990s: Perspective from exterior of space shuttle Endeavour / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327891: 1960s: Hot liquid bursts from test tube / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327927: America, c.1990s: Video from inside space shuttle Endeavour of satellite in orbit / Bridgeman Images

AVE6327930: America, c.1990s: Long shot of two astronauts working on exterior of space shuttle Endeavour / Bridgeman Images