Take a look at our huge selection of Action Figures, Pop! Vinyl Figures, Bags, Statues, Backpacks, and Key Chains!
“I am extremely pleased with the craftsmanship on the Apollo Astronaut sculpture. The detail is amazing, from the space suit itself to the Commander’s red stripes, 24K gold-plated face shield, Apollo XVII patch and detailed life support system. Does it look like me? It’s as authentic as it gets ….next to the real thing. It brings back many memories.” - Captain Eugene Cernan.
The Space Race grew out of the Cold War between the United States and the Soviet Union, the most powerful nations after World War II. For a half-century, the two superpowers competed for primacy in a global struggle pitting a democratic society against totalitarian communism. Space was a crucial arena for this rivalry. Before a watchful world, each side sought to demonstrate its superiority through impressive feats in rocketry and spaceflight. Early U.S. manned spaceflights were spectacular successes. The one-man Mercury missions developed hardware for safe spaceflight and return to Earth, and began to show how human beings would fare in space. From 1961 through 1963, the United States flew many test flights and six manned Mercury missions. After Mercury, NASA introduced Gemini, an enlarged, redesigned spacecraft for two astronauts. Ten manned Gemini missions were flown from 1964 through 1966 to improve techniques of spacecraft control, rendezvous and docking, and extravehicular activity (space walking). One Gemini mission spent a record-breaking two weeks in space, time enough for a future crew to go to the Moon, explore, and return. When the Space Race began, there was no rocket powerful enough to send a man to the Moon and back. Both the Americans and the Soviets had to develop a super-booster, or Moon rocket. The United States succeeded with the mighty Saturn V. The Soviets' N-1 Moon rocket never made it into space. On July 20, 1969, as millions around the world watched on television, two Americans stepped onto another world for the first time. The United States successfully landed men on the Moon and returned them safely, fulfilling President Kennedy's vision and meeting the goal that inspired manned spaceflight during the 1960s.
Company: | Code 3 Collectibles |
---|---|
Theme: | NASA |
Product Type: | Statues |
Weight: | 9 lb |