Take A Look Inside NASA In The ’50s

Here’s what the beginning of the Space Age looked like.

In 1958, a scientist works on preparing a rocket for launch.

In 1958, a scientist works on preparing a rocket for launch.

Via: Robert W. Kelley/Getty Images/Time & Life Pictures Creative

Welcome to Hotel NASA. Here's a bedroom at NASA in 1950.

Welcome to Hotel NASA. Here's a bedroom at NASA in 1950.

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Cape Canaveral in 1958.

Cape Canaveral in 1958.

Via: Robert W. Kelley/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

1959: Astronauts on the Project Mercury mission — the first human spaceflight mission ever. We were working on beating the Russians then.

1959: Astronauts on the Project Mercury mission — the first human spaceflight mission ever. We were working on beating the Russians then.

Via: Ralph Morse/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images


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Take A Look Inside NASA In The ’50s

Here’s what the beginning of the Space Age looked like.

In 1958, a scientist works on preparing a rocket for launch.

In 1958, a scientist works on preparing a rocket for launch.

Via: Robert W. Kelley/Getty Images/Time & Life Pictures Creative

Welcome to Hotel NASA. Here's a bedroom at NASA in 1950.

Welcome to Hotel NASA. Here's a bedroom at NASA in 1950.

Via: Mondadori via Getty Images

Cape Canaveral in 1958.

Cape Canaveral in 1958.

Via: Robert W. Kelley/Time Life Pictures/Getty Images

1959: Astronauts on the Project Mercury mission — the first human spaceflight mission ever. We were working on beating the Russians then.

1959: Astronauts on the Project Mercury mission — the first human spaceflight mission ever. We were working on beating the Russians then.

Via: Ralph Morse/Time & Life Pictures/Getty Images


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