Spaceflight: Thunder In The Skies - V2 to X-15
Added 2021-06-27 16:15:29 +0000 UTCFrom my archives, and to this day still one of my favorite documentaries and one of the most detailed explorations of the early days of rocketry - Spaceflight aired on the A&E network in 1986 and definitely holds its ground today as an important record of the foundations of the space age. Part one takes us from the German rocket clubs of the 1920's to the breaking of the sound barrier in the X-1, to flight at the edge of space in the amazing X-15.
Comments
Part one of this series is the most unique. But I've got other stuff in the queue.
Fran Blanche
2021-06-29 19:25:29 +0000 UTCI've been something of a space enthusiast since I was a kid in the '50s, so I've seen all of the standard clips as well, but as with everyone else, a lot of this was new to me.
Jeffrey R. Broido
2021-06-28 23:28:34 +0000 UTCThanks Fran,that was excellent . Have you anymore you can show please ?
Mike Hughes
2021-06-28 15:53:13 +0000 UTCThanks! I had not seen that before and a lot of the footage, especially the early stuff, was new to me.
Mark Sundstrom
2021-06-27 21:45:35 +0000 UTCI had the entire series on VHS cassettes, now long lost. I'd forgotten how good it was. Thank you, Fran.
David Peaker
2021-06-27 17:20:14 +0000 UTCThis was a fun Sunday morning watch. My father took me to visit Cape Kennedy from Michigan in 1969 to see Apollo 11 before the launch. I was devastated when I was told that my imperfect eyesight would prohibit me from from being selected for flight school. I had been studying space travel and rocketry from the moment I was allowed to choose my own reading material at the library. Goddard was my hero. Reading about his team and their work in New Mexico was inspiring. Thanks, Fran.
RustedDucksDesign
2021-06-27 17:07:04 +0000 UTCIt is a brilliant documentary compilation.
Dr Andy Hill
2021-06-27 17:02:50 +0000 UTC
