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Into the Unknown Screensaver Space ... the final frontier! Indeed this remarkable screensaver film harkens back to our early days of space exploration, and our first tentative steps into the galaxy. Some great retro 50's style animation going on here. Witness the early "power" experiments, initial rocket take-off, and the journey into the unknown itself! Soundtrack is an original uptempo and addictive piece composed for this mini epic called strangely enough ...
Into the Unknown © A1 Transport yourself into deep space from your desktop!
*** Space Facts Yes the space-race was in full swing in the mid 20th century. The USSR (as it was known back then), had a number of spaceflight firsts to their credit, however the USA landed the big prize by landing the first man on the moon in 1969. First manned spaceflight Vostok 1 - Yuri Gagarin/April 12, 1961 World's first man-made satellite: Sputnik - 1957 First animal (dog/Laika) into space: 1957 First woman cosmonaut - Valentina Tereshkova 1963 First spacewalk Alexei Leonov - 1965 The Eagle Has Landed! Did U Know? The onboard PC used to power the Apollo 11 flight, had less brain-power than the average 1984 home computer? Such as the pioneering Commodore 64. Fascinating Captain! *** |
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