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The Space Race Today

"Ask most Americans about the space race and they might tell you that it ended when NASA astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin set foot on the moon in 1969. But this isn't the case, especially in Asia, where a handful of nations are now sending up astronauts and satellites as well as lunar and planetary probes that could tell us more about our universe. In this interview, historian Asif Siddiqi, an expert on both Cold War technology and the modern space race, discusses the new Asian space powers and what they've achieved to date, as well as what the future could hold for space exploration in general."

Secret Astronauts: Meet eight astronauts from the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program.

"They were the "Magnificent Seven" of the Manned Orbiting Laboratory program, some of the best pilots the U.S. military had to offer the officials who were making the first MOL crew selection in 1965. Two more crews would follow, including that of Bob Lawrence, the first African-American astronaut. These men, 17 in all, were set to make history in space as the first military astronauts, performing covert reconnaissance from orbit. Yet while NASA's astronauts were gracing magazine covers and signing autographs, the MOL teams were sworn to secrecy; most of the program's details remain classified even today. And MOL was canceled in 1969, before any of its astronauts went into space. "

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