Read the stories of early space exploration from the original transcripts. Now open to the public in a searchable, linkable format.
Featured Missions
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Mercury 6 (1962)
The 1962 Mercury mission that made pilot John Glenn the first American to reach Earth orbit, with three orbits before re-entry.
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Gemini 3 (1965)
The mission that performed the first orbital maneuvers by a crewed spacecraft, and which was the first crewed flight of the Gemini spacecraft.
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Apollo 8 (1968)
The first human space flight to leave earth orbit, and the first to enter the gravitational field of another celestial body — the Moon.
All Missions (in chronological order)
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Vostok 1
(1961)
The first human space flight
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Mercury 3
(1961)
First American crewed mission
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Mercury 4
(1961)
Second American crewed mission
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Mercury 6
(1962)
First American to reach earth orbit
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Mercury 7
(1962)
Second American orbital mission
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Gemini 3
(1965)
First Gemini mission
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Apollo 8
(1968)
The first people to leave earth orbit
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Apollo 11
(1969)
First person to walk on the moon
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Apollo 13
(1970)
A mission with a problem