SpaceProgramArchive.com Unveils the History of Space Exploration

Read more than 50,000 newspaper articles describing major events in man's journey to space.

(PRWEB) June 2, 2006 -- SpaceProgramArchive.com, the newest free archive sponsored by NewspaperARCHIVE.com, contains more than 50,000 historical newspaper pages describing man's attempts and journeys in space exploration. The archive provides newspaper content covering almost every aspect of the space program, from the invention of the first liquid fuel rocket to the moon landing.

"The heavens have always been the ultimate curiosity for man," said Greg Hollingsworth, researcher for the Space Program Archive. "Over the last century, man has been able to reach the last true frontier, and newspapers tell the story of that journey."

The archive's timeline begins in 1930 and uses newspapers to tell the history of the American Space Program. For example, an article in the April 13, 1970 issue of "The Oakland Tribune" reports on the Apollo 13 explosion that prevented a planned moon landing. Other newspaper pages detail the "space race" between the US and the Soviet Union.

Newspapers in the Space Program Archive are searchable by key word and date with the use of Optical Character Recognition technology and Adobe Reader. Researchers and students alike can easily search for a specific topic, such as the Sputnik launch on October 4, 1957.

"People of all ages are fascinated by space and the infinite possibilities it holds," said Crystal Hardinger, Communications Specialist for NewspaperARCHIVE.com. "Newspapers in the Space Program Archive describe the significant steps man has taken towards understanding the universe."

SpaceProgramArchive.com is just one of more than 20 free archives provided by NewspaperARCHIVE.com. Others include GlobalWarmingArchive.com, TitanicArchive.com and ImmigrationArchive.com.

Researchers interested in finding more information about the space program can also go to NewspaperARCHIVE.com where there are more than 35 million newspaper pages online and one new page being added every second. NewspaperARCHIVE.com, the largest newspaper database available online, is owned by Heritage Microfilm and began in Cedar Rapids, Iowa, in 1999.

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