Title: Breaking the chains of gravity
Description: Looks at the evolving roots of America's space program--the scientific advances, the personalities, and the rivalries between the various arms of the United States military. After the Soviet launch of Sputnik in 1957, getting a man in space suddenly became a national imperative, leading President Dwight D. Eisenhower to pull various pieces together to create the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
Subjects: United States, Aeronautics, History, Aeronautics and state, Astronautics, United States. National Advisory Committee for Aeronautics, United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration, Research, Space race, Rocketry, history, Rockets (aeronautics), Executive departments, united states, Sputnik satellites, Space flight, Popular science, Exploration
Places: United States, Germany