The Knowledge Bank

Duration: 12:00

Year Published: 1971

Complete Record: Shows how the tools of research in near-earth space have progressed since Benjamin Franklin's time to the sounding rockets and unmanned earth-orbiting satellites of today. Pictures the type of data that is being collected by NASA from its space excursions and its solar, astronomical, and geophysical observatories. Includes animated sequences. Author: United States. National Aeronautics and Space Administration.