# "MAN INTO SPACE PART III" 1960s SPACE RACE SATELLITES JOHN GLENN COSMONAUT YURI GAGARIN 54134

This color educational film "Man Into Space" was part of a series created by Explorer Productions. It was produced and directed by Edward Scherer and written by Anne MacKenzie. This episode of "Man Into Space" focuses on the history of satellite technology, and the race between the USA and Soviet Union to put a man in orbit. It was released in 1970. Opening titles: Man Into Space Part III: Satellites and Man in Orbit (:06-:20). Astronaut Ed White performs the first American spacewalk during the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965. Dr. Hibbs speaks to the viewer about space and draws on paper how a rocket must fly to leave the earth (:21-2:17). Rocket is launched into the sky, gets further and further away. Animation shows it leaving the atmosphere and into orbit around the earth. Dr. Hibbs explains the far point of the orbit and draws this out. Animated satellite in space above the earth. Dr. Hibbs explains the point of the orbit closest to Earth is called perigee, while the point farthest from Earth is known as apogee. Orbital decay is explained (2:18-4:22). Dr. Hibbs speaks. Men design a rocket. Staging: placing one rocket on top of another. A rocket is launched into the sky. In the 1950s, Redstone rocket is tested. Wernher von Braun works with rocket designs. Rocket is launched (4:23-6:16). Vanguard rocket is built in 1957. Sputnik 1 is launched by the Russians in 1957. Animation shows the satellite orbiting the earth. One month later was Sputnik 2, which carried a dog, the…

- Kind: Film
- By: PeriscopeFilm
- Genres: Space, Industrial and advertising
- Archive: [Internet Archive](https://archive.org/details/54134-man-into-space-part-3)
- Licence or status: none stated by the archive
- Who can watch: Tweens profiles and older (the archive gives no rating; placed by Invisible Network from its collection and subjects)

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