To the Moon

This chapter in the saga of mankind's Dreams of Flight, begins with visionaries like Jules Verne and H.G. Wells who paved the way for space adventure. Join early rocket pioneers Robert Goddard and Hermann Oberth, and meet Wernher von Braun whose leadership would take America to the moon. Follow the space race starting with the Russians, the first to launch both a rocket and an astronaut, Yuri Gagarin, into space. Meet astronauts Alan Shepard, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Gordon Cooper, Scott Carpenter and Deke Slayton. Share the excitement as Apollo II carries Armstrong, Aldrin and Collins to man's first steps on the moon.