A collection of newspaper clippings and other documents from the space race of the 1960s. Each page is transcribed to text, with occasional notes providing more information.

See some highlights, or some technical information.

Scrapbook 1

1961 and early 1962, covering the flights of Yuri Gagarin, Alan Shepard, Gherman Titov, John Glenn, and various satellites.

Scrapbook 2

The latter half of 1962, covering the flight of Scott Carpenter, preparation for the Gemini and Apollo programs, Vostok 3 and 4, and various satellites and missiles.

Scrapbook 3

Telstar 1, launched in July 1962 — the first communications satellite to perform transatlantic television broadcasts. These clippings were found in an envelope, unsorted; they are presented here in roughly chronological order.