A NASA documentary which looks at the progress made by America's space programme since Dr Robert Goddard pioneered the liquid-fuelled rocket in 1926. Includes: early 'flying machines', high-altitude balloons, sounding rockets; failure of American rockets; early footage of NASA Goddard Space Flight Centre; Delta Booster Programme; various aeronautical experiments and facilities; various early satellites; summary of NASA's early programme; John Glenn's historic 1962 flight; Kennedy's announcement, in response to Russia's success in the 'Space Race', that NASA will put a man on the moon within the decade; testing of re-entry capsules; various satellite images; satellite image processing plant; space environment simulators; satellite testing. Not available