Program Collection

GUNSMOKE, c1960. Cast members Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, and Dennis Weaver in a publicity photograph for the television series Gunsmoke, c1960

THE HONEYMOONERS, c1955. Left to right: Cast members Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph in a publicity photograph for the television series The Honeymooners, c1955

Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, in front of the Vostok 6 spacecraft in which she made 48 revolutions of the Earth on June 16-19, 1963

Apollo 17 astronaut. US astronaut and geologist Dr Harrison Schmitt exploring the Taurus-Littrow region of the Moon, as part of NASAs Apollo 17 mission

Astronaut footprints on the Moon. Computer artwork recreating a photograph of boot imprints left by astronauts on the Moon

Yuri Gagarin onboard Vostok 1
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin in the cabin of Vostok 1, the spacecraft in which he became the first person to orbit the Earth on April 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934- 1968) in his space helmet. Gagarin became the first person in space when he was launched on Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961

Yuri Gagarin. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934- 1968) in his space helmet. Gagarin became the first person in space when he was launched on Vostok 1 on 12 April 1961

Yuri Gagarin, Soviet cosmonaut
Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin (1934-1968), Soviet cosmonaut and first man in space, artwork. Gagarin was born near Gzhatsk, Russia

Soviet poster commemorating Yuri Gagarin
Soviet poster commemorating the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin on 12th April 1961. Gagarins flight lasted 108 minutes

Laika the space dog
First animal in space. Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, inside a mock-up of the cabin of the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957

Belka, Soviet space dog, after the mission
Space animal. Belka, one of the dogs on board the second spacecraft to carry animals into orbit, after the mission. Belka was launched in the Soviet Korabl-Sputnik 2 (also called Sputnik 5)

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, 1963
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova preparing to become the first woman in space. Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova (born 1937) flew solo in the Vostok 6 spacecraft on 16 June 1963

Spacecraft on the Moon, lunar map
Spacecraft on the Moon. Map showing coloured markers for 34 spacecraft that impacted or landed on the Moon from the 1960s onwards

Installation of Vostok spacecraft
Vostok spacecraft installation. Workers installing a Vostok spacecraft. Vostok were Soviet spacecraft used as part of the Vostok programme, which flew six manned spaceflights between 1961 and 1963

Yuri Gagarin visiting Manchester, England in 1961
Yuri Gagarin. View of Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, visiting Manchester, England, in July 1961. Gagarin made his flight in the Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961

Laika the space dog
First animal in space. Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, inside a mock-up of the cabin of the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft. Sputnik 2 was launched on 3 November 1957

Valentina Tereshkova
Portrait of Valentina Tereshkova (b.1937), Russian cosmonaut and the first woman in space. Tereshkova flew on Vostock 6, launched on 16 June 1963

Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft, 1961
Launch of Vostok 1 spacecraft. Close-up of the exhaust flames of the rocket launching Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968) into orbit from Baikonur, Kazakhstan, on 12 April 1961

Vostok 1 Soviet spacecraft
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

Soyuz docking mission, news reports, 1969
Front-page Western news reports on the Soviet Soyuz docking mission of January 1969, the first time two manned spacecraft had docked

Russian cosmonaut wearing a Strizh space suit
Spacesuit. Russian cosmonaut wears a Strizh (" swift" ) spacesuit which is worn during launch and re-entry. It protects the cosmonaut if the spaceship is partially depressurised

Vostok rocket, Moscow, Russia
Vostok (Russian осток, translated as "East") was a family of rockets derived from the Soviet R-7 Semyorka ICBM designed for the humanspaceflight programme but later used for other sputnik

LUCILLE BALL (1911-1989). American actress and comedienne. With husband Desi Arnaz (1917-1986) in a publicity photograph for the television series I Love Lucy

United States Air Force - Martin NRB-57D Canberra 53-3973 31 May 1956 accepted by the 4080 Strategic Reconnaissance Wing 1959-61: AFSC. Converted to WB-57D

Igor Golovin, Soviet nuclear physicist
Igor Nikolaevich Golovin (1913-1997), Soviet nuclear physicist. Golovin worked on the Soviet atomic bomb program, and then later did pioneering work on nuclear fusion

Official Portrait of Neil Armstrong, 1969 (photo)
5322852 Official Portrait of Neil Armstrong, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 commanded by Neil Armstrong was the first manned moon landing); Photo © NASA

Inspection of the Soviet space shuttle, Buran
Buran, the Soviet space shuttle, being inspected on the runway at Baikonur Cosmodrome, USSR, after landing. Burans test flight of November 15th 1988 lasted 3 hours and 25 minutes

Salyut 7 space station in orbit
The Salyut 7 space station photographed in orbit. Attached to the space station at bottom, with the separate solar panels, is the Soyuz T14 ferry spacecraft

Soyuz 11 crew before launch, 1971
Soyuz 11 crew before launch. Soviet cosmonauts (left to right) Georgy Dobrovolsky, Viktor Patsayev and Vladislav Volkov at the Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Kurchatov and colleagues, Leningrad, 1925
Igor Vasilyevich Kurchatov (1903-1960, right), Soviet nuclear physicist, talking to colleagues at the Leningrad Physical-Technical Institute, Leningrad, Russia

Moons surface, Zond 3 image
Moons surface. Photocopy of an image taken by the Soviet lunar probe Zond 3, on 1st September 1966, showing the cratered surface of the far side of the Moon

BASEBALL PROGRAM, 1923. Cover of the program for the first game played at Yankee Stadium in the Bronx, New York City, 18 April 1923, between the New York Yankees and the Boston Red Sox

Yuri Gagarin, souvenir postcard. This is one of many postcard designs issued in the Soviet Union after the spaceflight of cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), the first man in space

Wind Turbines Along The Coast; Solway Firth Dumfries Scotland

CIRCUS: PROGRAM, c1901. Frank C. Bostocks Grand Zoological Congress and Trained Wild Animal Arena. American circus program, c1901

Programme for Exeter Hall, London, 1852
Concert given by the new Philharmonic Society, including performances by Silas, Sivori and Piatti. Date: 24th March 1852

Portrait of a cosmonaut, Svetlana Savitskaya
Soviet cosmonaut Svetlana Savitskaya, the second woman to go into space, the first to perform a space walk, and the only woman to have made two space flights (up to November 1988)

Krushchev, Tereshkova, Nikolayev, Gagarin
The politician and the cosmonauts: (left to right) Khrushchev, Valentina Tereshkova, Adrian Nikolayev & Yuri Gagarin in Red Square, Moscow

Crew of Soviet Soyus T12 before launch
The crew of Soviet spacecraft Soyuz T12, photographed before their launch on 17 July 1984. Left to right are Vladimir Dzhanibekov, Svetlana Savitskaya, and Igor Volk

Crewmembers of the first Soviet spaceflight
The first Soviet cosmonauts (left to right): P. Popovich, Yuri Gagarin, Valentina Tereshkova, Adrian Nikolayev, Valeri Bykovski, & G. Titov

Soviet rocket engineer Sergei Korolyov
Sergei Korolyov, the " father" of the Soviet space programme

Launch of Vostok 1
The launch of the Vostok 1 spacecraft carrying Yuri Gagarin on the first manned flight in space. Launched on April 12, 1961, from Baikonur cosmodrome, Kazakhstan

Meeting in Red Square, Moscow, to honour Gagarin
Meeting in Red Square, Moscow, to honour the first manned spaceflight by Yuri Gagarin, who completed one revolution round the Earth in his Vostok 1 spacecraft on April 12, 1961

Mir space station cosmonauts, 1987
Mir space station cosmonauts. Soviet cosmonauts Yuri Romanenko and Aleksandr Laveykin assembling an electrical power pack on the Mir space station, in 1987

Russian space station Mir over a storm on Earth
Mir space station. Fisheye lens view of the Russian space station Mir ( peace ) orbiting over a storm (lower centre) on Earth. Mir was launched in February 1986

View of freshwater loch, site of trial Eurasian Beaver (Castor fiber) reintroduction, Loch Coille-Bharr, Knapdale Forest, Argyll, Argyll and Bute, Scotland, August

McDonnell Douglas F-15E Strike Eagle 71-0291 (msn 0012/B002), at the 1980 SBAC Farnborough Airshow on 6 September 1980. Built as the second TF-15A

Cartoon, Honourable Ratio
Honourable Ratio: or, Naval Conversationsin London. Ratio 5:5:3, between Great Britain, United States of America and Japan. Date: 1934

USA, North Carolina, Mt. Airy, town was the model for Mayberry in the TV series Andy of Mayberry, replica 1962 Ford police car outside Wallys Service Station

Leduc 0. 21 01, mounted on a S. E. 161
Leduc 0.21 01, mounted on its SNCASE SE.161 Languedoc mother-ship, parked next door to the second 0.21, also mounted on a Languedoc mother-ship

USA, Oklahoma, Tulsa, Oral Roberts University, Christs Chapel, television church

UK, Northern Ireland, Belfast, Belfast Docklands, Titanic Studios, home of the TV show Game of Thrones

First animal in space: Laika the Soviet space dog
A technician prepares Laika, the bitch who became the first animal in space, for her launch aboard Sputnik 2 on November 3, 1957

Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA - NASA 931
Boeing KC-135A Stratotanker N931NA / NASA 931 (MSN 18615, ex 63-7998), used for NASA's Reduced Gravity Research Program Date: circa 2000

President Roosevelt prepares to broadcast on his recovery programme, 1934 (b/w photo)
1766090 President Roosevelt prepares to broadcast on his recovery programme, 1934 (b/w photo) by Harris & Ewing (1905-45); Private Collection

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Su Lin resting at 48lbs Giant Panda (Ailuropoda melanoleuca) Giant Panda Research station, San Diego Zoo, California. Born 8/2/05 at San Diego Zoo Date: 30/07/2007

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Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) calf on Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) on Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) on Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) on Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

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Arabian Oryx (Oryx leucoryx) on Sir Bani Yas Island, United Arab Emirates. Date: 22/01/2009

Apollo 11 Crew In Quarantine on USS Hornet welcomed by President Nixon, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322855 Apollo 11 Crew In Quarantine on USS Hornet welcomed by President Nixon, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Mobile)

Apollo 11 crew on raft in the Pacific waiting for helicopter, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322848 Apollo 11 crew on raft in the Pacific waiting for helicopter, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Crew Armstrong)

Apollo 11 Lifts Off, 1969 (photo)
5322859 Apollo 11 Lifts Off, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Saturn V launch vehicle (SA-506) for the Apollo 11 mission liftoff at 8

New York City welcomes the Apollo 11 crew in a ticker tape parade, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322850 New York City welcomes the Apollo 11 crew in a ticker tape parade, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Neil Armstrong)

The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle prepares to land, 1969 (photo)
5322846 The Apollo 11 Lunar Module Eagle prepares to land, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing); Photo © NASA

Buzz Aldrin Deploys Apollo 11 Experiments, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322862 Buzz Aldrin Deploys Apollo 11 Experiments, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin carries)

Apollo 11 crew of Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins announced, 1969 (b / w photo)
5322860 Apollo 11 crew of Aldrin, Armstrong and Collins announced, 1969 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Lunar module pilot Buzz Aldrin;)

Apollo 11 Launch, 1969 (photo)
5322844 Apollo 11 Launch, 1969 (photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Saturn V rocket lifted off from NASAs Kennedy Space Center); Photo © NASA

Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322866 Buzz Aldrin at Tranquility Base, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Lunar Module Pilot Buzz Aldrin carries the Passive)

Aldrin Descends Lunar Module Ladder, 1969 (colour photograph)
5322864 Aldrin Descends Lunar Module Ladder, 1969 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Astronaut Buzz Aldrin lunar module pilot leaves)

Apollo 11 Patch in safekeeping for first Mars Crew, 2014 (colour photograph)
5322861 Apollo 11 Patch in safekeeping for first Mars Crew, 2014 (colour photograph); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing This framed patch signed by crew)

Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b / w photo)
5322847 Spectators wait for launch of Apollo 11, 1969 (b/w photo); (add.info.: Apollo 11 mission of July 1969 was the first manned moon landing Adjacent to the Kennedy Space Center thousands of)

Theatre programme for Heaven Can Wait, 1957. Creator: Unknown
Theatre programme for a stage production of " Heaven Can Wait", performed by the Equity Library Theatre (ELT), a New York theatre company

Theatre programme for Ballad for Bimshire, 1963. Creator: Unknown
Theatre programme for a stage production of " Ballad for Bimshire" written by Irving Burgie and performed at the Mayfair Theatre in New York City

Souvenir programme for the Southern Tennis Association Annual Tournament, 1933
A souvenir program for an annual tennis tournament sanctioned by the Southern Tennis Association and held at the Tuskegee Institute 2-5 August 1933

Programme from a concert featuring Roland Hayes, 1953. Creator: Unknown
A programme for a concert at the Gallery of Fine Arts Little Theater, Columbus, Ohio, featuring African-American lyric tenor and composer Roland Hayes (1887-1977)

Programme for Club Ebony, 1947-1948. Creator: Unknown
The program is a single sheet of heavyweight cream paper that folds in half. The front features a black and red illustration of a conga drum and womans head printed in the top left corner

Programme for Cafe Zanzibar, ca. 1945. Creator: Unknown
Home of the Stars; Program; Cafe Zanzibar, Broadway at 49th, New York. The programme a single sheet of paper, folded in half

Programme for Grand Wagner concert conducted by Felix Mottl and performed at the Queens Hall, London on 20th June 1895
3850929 Programme for Grand Wagner concert conducted by Felix Mottl and performed at the Queens Hall, London on 20th June 1895, c.1895 by Holiday, Henry (1839-1927); Photo © Derek Bayes

Portrait of Augusta Ada King (1815 - 1852), Countess of Lovelace (engraving)
875072 Portrait of Augusta Ada King (1815 - 1852), Countess of Lovelace (engraving). by Chalon, Alfred-Edward (1780-1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augusta Ada King)

Portrait of Augusta Ada King (1815 - 1852), Countess of Lovelace (colour engraving)
875071 Portrait of Augusta Ada King (1815 - 1852), Countess of Lovelace (colour engraving). by Chalon, Alfred-Edward (1780-1860); Private Collection; (add.info.: Augusta Ada King)

Official Program for the Woman Suffrage Procession, 1913 (screen print)
3036423 Official Program for the Woman Suffrage Procession, 1913 (screen print) by American School, (20th century); (add.info.: Official Program for the Woman Suffrage Procession, held March 3)

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"Programs that Captivate: From Gunsmoke to the Moon Landing" Step back in time with iconic television series like Gunsmoke and The Honeymooners, where talented cast members Milburn Stone, Amanda Blake, Dennis Weaver, Jackie Gleason, Audrey Meadows, Art Carney, and Joyce Randolph brought unforgettable characters to life. These timeless programs captured the hearts of viewers around the world. While these shows entertained audiences on Earth, another kind was unfolding in space. Apollo 17 astronauts left their footprints on the Moon's surface—an awe-inspiring testament to human achievement and exploration beyond our planet's boundaries. As we gaze at those astronaut footprints today, we are reminded of humanity's relentless pursuit of knowledge and discovery. In this grand cosmic journey, brave pioneers like Laika the space dog blazed a trail for future explorers. Valentina Tereshkova became a symbol of empowerment as she embarked on her historic mission as the first woman in space. Yuri Gagarin made history aboard Vostok 1 by becoming the first human ever to orbit our planet—a monumental feat that propelled us into a new era. The images of Yuri Gagarin onboard his spacecraft inspire us with wonder and admiration for those who dared venture into uncharted territories. Belka, another courageous Soviet space dog who returned safely from her mission further exemplifies mankind's determination to push boundaries while ensuring safety. Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova gracefully soared through outer space in 1963—her presence serving as an inspiration for generations to come. And let us not forget about lunar maps showcasing spacecraft resting peacefully on the Moon—an enduring reminder of mankind's indomitable spirit reaching even celestial bodies beyond our own blue planet. These captivating moments from various programs—both fictional and real—remind us that there is no limit to what humans can achieve when they set their minds towards exploration and innovation.