History of the American space program from the first liquid fueled rocket (1925) to the first Moon landing (1969.)
Apollo 11 astronauts address Congress
Kuiper gives a speech.
Apollo 11 Ticker Tape Parades
Kuiper throws his very own parade.
Apollo 11 Astronauts Released From Quarantine
Freedom!! Sweet, sweet freedom.
Apollo 11 Quarantine, Day 13
Can we come out yet?
Apollo 11 Quarantine, Day 3
Only 17 days to go!
Apollo 11 Splashdown
Parachutes deployed!
Apollo 11, Halfway Home
Columbia, the best ship to come down the line.
Apollo 11, the Long Road Home
And now the long way home...
The pen that saved Apollo 11
Kuiper reenacts a dramatic moment in space history.
One Giant Leap
One small step...
The Eagle Has Landed
We made it!!
Apollo 11, Lunar Orbit Insertion
Meanwhile, at Mission Control..
Apollo 11, Still in Transit
Are we there yet?
Apollo 11, Halfway There
Kuiper peers back at Earth.
Apollo 11 Trans Lunar Injection
Kuiper prepares for TLI.
Apollo 11 Launch
Saturn V with whippet for scale.
Ground Control to Major Dog
Kuiper pretends to be Chris Hadfield at the Smithsonian's Destination Moon.
F1 rocket engine
We're going to need some big engines to get to the Moon.
Saturn V Stages
Kuiper builds a model.
Swing Arm 8
The sign did not, in fact, say "THIS WAY TO LUNCH."
Beta cloth
New developments in spacesuit safety.
Gemini XII
Kuiper is delighted by Adler Planetarium.
Gemini VIII
Kuiper explains pitch, yaw and roll.
Gemini IX prime
Kuiper honors the original crew of Gemini 9.
Apollo Command and Service Module
Kuiper for scale with Apollo CSM.
Gemini VI-A
Kuiper performs a rendezvous with the flown Gemini 6A capsule.
Gemini VII
Kuiper performs a rendezvous with Aslan, Gumbo and Maple.
Our First Photos of Mars
Pictures of Mars, from Mars!
Gemini III
The first appearance of corned beef in space.
Ranger 7 and the tradition of peanuts at NASA launches
Kuiper rolls for initiative.
Titan II Rocket
Titan II ICBM with Kuiper for scale. Thank you @nuclear_museum for allowing Kuiper to visit. Success! We’ve managed to put a single person in orbit, keep them there for a day and…
Rocketdyne H-1 engine
We're going to need a bigger rocket.
Mercury-Atlas 9
Ears, we have lift off.
Mercury-Atlas 8
My pet giraffe makes art.
Apollo Guidance Computer
And you get an integrated circuit, and you get an integrated circuit...
Hello, my name is Max Peck
Kuiper goes indognito.
We choose to go to the Moon
Kuiper learns about Kennedy's famous speech.
First Lady Astronaut Trainees
Kuiper takes a flying lesson.
Lunar Orbit Rendezvous
Kuiper does Very Important Science Things™
Mercury-Atlas 7
In which we veer slightly off course.
Deke Slayton
He'll have to wait a few years.
Mercury-Atlas 6
We are go for launch.
Peace in Space, Goodwill to Dog
Kuiper snoozes peacefully.
Atlas rocket
Atlas rocket with Kuiper for scale.
Mercury-Redstone 4
Kuiper takes an unexpected bath.
Kennedy sets his sights on the Moon
Kuiper blasts off.
Mercury-Redstone 3
I'm Commander Shepard, and this is my favorite dog on the Internet.
Katherine Johnson
She did the math.
Early Days of the Space Race
Kuiper gets hyped about Project Mercury.
Mercury-Redstone 2
Kuiper honors the first Mercury astronaut, a chimpanzee.
Bracewell maps the Sun
Kuiper explores the site of the Very Large Array.
Kuiper visits…Kuiper?
Kuiper visits his namesake's laboratory.
Gerard Kuiper maps the Moon
Kuiper learns about his namesake's role in Apollo.
First Space-to-Earth Broadcast
Ike sends a message through space.
Vanguard 1 satellite
Kuiper enjoys a satellite cake.
Explorer 1
Kuiper launches America's first satellite.
Remembering Laika
I'm not crying; you're crying.
Bagel and LOX
In which the US Army lacks a sense of humor.
Redstone Rocket
Kuiper for scale.
The USS Midway launches a V2 rocket
They did WHAT??
Radioing the Moon
Kuiper blueshifts.
Wernher von Braun
Wernher von Braun arrives in the US.
The V2 Rocket
A concentration camp is liberated.
Operation Paperclip
Kuiper uncovers a classified document.
Reaching Extreme Altitudes
Kuiper's cousin Sounders reaches new heights.
