Spaceflight Audio

Freedom 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Redstone 3 (Freedom 7) on May 5, 1961

Liberty Bell 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Redstone 4 (Liberty Bell 7) on July 21, 1961

Friendship 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Atlas 6 (Friendship 7) on February 20, 1962

Aurora 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Atlas 7 (Aurora 7) on May 24, 1962

Sigma 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Atlas 8 (Sigma 7) on October 3, 1962

Faith 7 Launch Launch of Mercury-Atlas 9 (Faith 7) on May 5, 1963

Gemini-Titan 3 Launch Launch of Gemini-Titan 3 (Molly Brown) on March 23, 1965

Apollo 7 Launch Launch of Apollo 7, October 11, 1968

Apollo 8 Launch Launch of Apollo 8, December 21, 1968

Apollo 8 Genisis Reading The crew of Apollo 8 read from the Book of Genisis while in lunar orbit, December 24, 1968

Apollo 9 Launch Launch of Apollo 9, March 9, 1969

Apollo 10 Launch Launch of Apollo 10, May 18, 1969

Apollo 11 Launch Launch of Apollo 11, July 16, 1969

Apollo 11 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 11 lunar module Eagle on the Moon, July 20, 1969

Australian PM John Gorton Prime Minister John Gorton of Australia comments on the landing of Apollo 11 from the Honeysuckle Creek Tracking Station

Neil Armstrong's First Step Apollo 11 Commander Neil Armstrong takes his, and mankinds, first step onto the surface of the Moon, July 20, 1969

Buzz Aldrin's First Step Apollo 11 Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin takes his first step onto the surface of the Moon, July 20, 1969

Apollo 12 Launch Launch of Apollo 12, November 14, 1969

Apollo 12 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 12 lunar module Intrepid on the Moon, November 19, 1969

Pete Conrad's First Step Apollo 12 Commander Pete Conrad takes his first step onto the surface of the Moon, November 19, 1969

Apollo 13 Launch Launch of Apollo 13, April 11, 1970

Apollo 13 - "2001" Apollo 13 Commander Jim Lovell plays the theme to "2001" during a television transmission from the spacecraft.

Apollo 13 - ABC News First ABC news report of the explosion on the Apollo 13 spacecraft

Apollo 13 Splashdown BBC coverage of the splashdown of Apollo 13, April 17, 1970

Apollo 14 Launch Launch of Apollo 14, January 31, 1971

Apollo 14 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 14 lunar module Antares on the Moon, February 5, 1971

Shepard's Golf Shot Apollo 14 Commander Alan Shepard plays golf on the Moon

Apollo 15 Launch Launch of Apollo 15, July 26, 1971

Apollo 15 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon on the Moon, July 30, 1971

Dave Scott's First Step Apollo 15 Commander Dave Scott takes his first step onto the surface of the Moon, July 30, 1971

Apollo 15 Lunar Liftoff Liftoff of the Apollo 15 lunar module Falcon from the Moon

Apollo 16 Launch Launch of Apollo 16, April 16, 1972

Apollo 16 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 16 lunar module Orion on the Moon, April 21, 1972

Apollo 17 Launch Launch of Apollo 17, December 7, 1972

Apollo 17 Lunar Landing Landing of the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger on the Moon, December 11, 1972

Apollo 17 Lunar Liftoff Liftoff of the Apollo 17 lunar module Challenger from the Moon

Skylab 1 Launch Launch of the Skylab space station, May 14, 1973

Skylab 2 Launch Launch of Skylab 2 to the Skylab space station, May 25, 1973

Skylab 3 Launch Launch of Skylab 3 to the Skylab space station, July 28, 1973

Skylab 4 Launch Launch of Skylab 4 to the Skylab space station, November 16, 1973

Apollo ASTP Launch Launch of the Apollo spacecraft for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, July 15, 1975

Soyuz 19 Launch BBC coverage of the launch of Soyuz 19 for the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project

Launch of STS-1 Launch of the first space shuttle mission, STS-1 Columbia, April 12, 1981

Landing of STS-1 Space Shuttle Columbia landing at Edwards Air Force Base, April 14, 1981

Launch of STS-7 Launch of the STS-7 Challenger mission, June 18, 1983

Launch of STS-8 Launch of the STS-8 Challenger mission, August 30, 1983

Launch of STS-61 B Launch of the STS-61 B Atlantis mission, November 26, 1985

Launch and Loss of STS-51 L Launch and the explosion of STS-51 L Challenger on January 28, 1986

Launch of STS-26 Launch of the STS-26 Discovery mission, September 29, 1988

Launch of STS-95 Launch of the STS-95 Discovery mission, October 29, 1998

Reentry and Loss of STS-107 Reentry and first indications of the loss of STS-107 Columbia on February 1, 2003

Launch of STS-114 Launch of the STS-114 Discovery mission, July 26, 2005

Sputnik 1 - Radio Moscow Radio Moscow announces the launch of the world's first artifical satellite - Sputnik 1

Sputnik 1 Transmissions Recording of the signal transmitted from Sputnik 1

John F. Kennedy Full version of the "Moon speech" delivered by President Kennedy at Rice University, September 12, 1962

Launch of the Mir Space Station News report on the launch of the Mir Space Station base block, February 19, 1986

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