Tells the story of efforts to explore the outer regions of space from the launching of Pioneer 1 in 1958 to the program in 1964 for gaining more information about the moon, the sun, and the solar system. Examines the problems involved in collecting and relaying the information from space probes and explains how such problems are being, or will be, solved in preparation for manned space expeditions.
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In ACMI's collection
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Collection metadata
ACMI Identifier
322800
Language
English
Subject categories
Documentary → Documentary films - United States
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Moon - Exploration
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Outer space - Exploration
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Pioneer (Space probes)
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Solar system
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight - History
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space flight to the moon
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space sciences
Mathematics, Science & Technology → Space ships
Sound/audio
Sound
Colour
Colour
Holdings
16mm film; Access Print (Section 1)