"Racing for the Moon: America's Glory Days in Space" is an entry in the ABC News Great TV News Stories series focusing on the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union from October 1957 through the end of the Apollo program in December 1972.
ABC News newscasters and reporters included in this video are Jules Bergman, Frank Reynolds, Peter Jennings, Ted Koppel, Barbara Walters, John Rolfson, Bill Shadel, Pete Clapper, Charles Batchelder, Bernard Eisman, Robert Lodge, and Roger Sharp. If you're a Forensics Files fan, you'll recognize narrator Peter Thomas's voice.
From the VHS Box: "The story of America's race for space using original broadcasts of Sputnik, John Glenn's flight into earth orbit, America's first walk in space, and Neil Armstrong's first step on the moon." Main contributors include Peter Jennings, Jules Bergman, and Frank Reynolds.
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00:00 Introduction
01:36 Oct. 4, 1982 - Nightline - Sputnik @ 25
02:49 Nov. 7, 1957 - Eisenhower's Sputnik speech
04:00 April 12, 1961 - Vostok 1
06:46 May 5, 1961 - Freedom 7
08:04 May 5, 1961 - 3:55 a.m. Alan Shepard enters van
08:26 May 5, 1961 - 4:50 a.m. Shepard leaves for pad
08:38 May 5, 1961 - 5:15 a.m. Shepard arrives at pad
09:25 May 5, 1961 - 10:34 a.m. Freedom 7 launches
10:53 May 5, 1961 - Louise Shepard interview
12:05 May 5, 1961 - Jules Bergman final thoughts
13:21 May 25, 1961 - Kennedy announces moonshot
13:46 July 21, 1961 - 8:21 a.m. Liberty Bell 7 launches
14:02 July 21, 1961 - 8:44 a.m. Liberty Bell 7 splashdown
14:18 July 21, 1961 - 8:44 a.m. Liberty Bell 7 sinks
14:39 July 21, 1961 - Gus Grissom status update
15:32 Feb. 20, 1962 - Friendship 7
15:47 c. 1982 - 20/20 John Glenn and Barbara Walters
17:40 March 1, 1962 - NYC Ticker Tape Parade for Glenn
17:54 May 24, 1962 - 7:37 a.m. Aurora 7
18:38 May 24, 1962 - 7:45 a.m. Aurora 7 launch
19:17 Oct. 3, 1962 - 7:15 a.m. Sigma 7 launch
19:33 Interlude (Faith 7 and Gemini 3)
19:58 March 29, 1965 - Gemini 3 NYC Ticker Tape Parade
20:14 June 3, 1965 - Gemini 4
20:43 June 4, 1965 - Gemini 4 breaking records
21:26 June 5, 1965 - Bergman on Gemini 4's impact
22:32 Aug. 21, 1965 - Gemini 5
22:53 Dec. 18, 1965 - Gemini 6/7
23:01 Oct. 25, 1965 - Gemini 6's Agena explodes
23:35 Dec. 4, 1965 - Gemini 7 launches
23:49 Dec. 11, 1965 - Gemini 6 launch abort
24:07 Dec. 15, 1965 - Gemini 6 launch
24:45 Dec. 15, 1965 - Gemini 6/7 rendezvous
25:10 Dec. 16, 1965 - Gemini 6 splashdown
26:07 Dec. 18, 1965 - Gemini 7 summary and splashdown
28:59 Jan. 27, 1967 - Apollo 1 fire
31:55 Interlude (Apollo 1 aftermath, Soyuz 1)
32:21 Oct. 11, 1968 - Apollo 7
32:40 Oct. 11, 1968 - 11:02 a.m. Apollo 7 launch
33:32 Dec. 22, 1968 - 3:00 p.m. Apollo 8 update
34:57 Dec. 24, 1968 - Apollo 8 Genesis broadcast
37:14 March 3, 1969 - Apollo 9 launch
38:35 May 20, 1969 - Apollo 10 update
38:57 May 22, 1969 - Apollo 10 LM practice decent
40:11 July 20, 1969 - Apollo 11
40:47 July 20, 1969 - Columbia and Eagle separation
41:12 July 20, 1969 - Eagle descends and lands
42:14 July 20, 1969 - Armstrong's first steps
42:35 July 21, 1969 - Nixon's phone call
43:57 July 24, 1969 - Apollo 11 splashdown
46:31 Nov. 14, 1969 - Apollo 12 launch
48:06 Nov. 18, 1969 - Pete Conrad's first steps
48:24 April 13, 1970 - Apollo 13 accident update 1
49:03 April 13, 1970 - Apollo 13 update 2
49:25 April 13, 1970 - Apollo 13 Mission control
49:38 April 14, 1970 - Apollo 13 update 3
50:03 1981 20/20 segment on Apollo 13
53:32 April 17, 1970 - Apollo 13 splashdown
54:27 Remaining Apollo missions + Kennedy speech at Rice
56:24 Credits
