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The image is a picture of the front sleeve of "Let's Play Astronaut."

The top sound clip is the A side of the recording.

The bottom sound clip is the B side of the recording.


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"Probe 7, Over and Out" is one of the final episodes in The Twilight Zone to feature space explorers. Originally aired November 29, 1963, this episode's plot is focused on an astronaut, Adam Cooke, who crash landed on a planet far from his home. As a…

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"Rocket Ship Jungle Gym" is a picture of a photograph featured in Life Magazine's article titled "Playgrounds Take a Space-Aged Spin" from its March 15, 1963 edition.

The picture shows children playing on a rocket-shaped jungle gym. With the use…

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"Satellite Monkey-bars" is a picture of a photograph featured in Life Magazine's article titled "Playgrounds Take a Space-Aged Spin" from its March 15, 1963 edition.

The picture shows children playing on a set of monkey-bars formed in the shape of…

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http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-GtDPVeDKl8 This is a link to listen to David Bowie's "Space Oddity" with lyrics provided by the maker of this video. Just click on the link to truly experience this song.

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"Space Toys Compilation Ad " is an advertisement from the 1969 Sears Christmas Book for several space exploration themed toys on the same page.

On the top half of the advertisement, toys related to action figure and space explorer Matt Mason are…

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"The Long Morrow," aired January 10, 1964, is the final Twilight Zone episode to feature an astronaut. This episode is centered around astronaut Douglas Stansfield, who is selected to make a solo trip to an unexplored planet in an unknown galaxy that…

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The image above is Soviet launched satellite Sputnik. It was the first satellite into space and is the major character in "The Sputnik Story."

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"When the Sky Was Opened" was the first Twilight Zone episode to centralize itself around astronautics and space exploration. Aired December 11, 1959, the plot centers itself around three astronauts who went into space for the first time, but their…
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