Space Cowboys
"The Men and Women Who Were First"

"The Story Behind the Movie Space Cowboys"

Space Cowboys, the movie, tells the story of an aging group of astronauts who take a repair trip into space. In the movie, "Space Cowboys," you will meet the fictional characters (played by Clint Eastwood, Tommy Lee Jones, James Garner and Donald Sutherland) who have to fix antiquated equipment on a Russian satellite threatening to shut down communication on land. In this story by LawBuzz.com you will meet the real heroes of flight and space: The people who invented the planes and rockets that made space travel possible and the test pilots and crews who flew the missions. You will be introduced to Sam, the monkey who bumped the test pilots to become the first astronaut on an American space mission.

You will meet (and see) the people (and their documents, photos, planes, and space craft) who transformed space from the unknown "last frontier" to a place of potentially limitless travel. You will learn the story how human flight (which from the days of Daedalus had always eluded mankind) resulted from Wilbur Wright's coincidental sale of a bicycle inner tube. You will encounter the real folks who first invented rockets capable of sending astronauts into outer space and see the first astronauts who actually went there. You will learn about the "space race" between Russia and the United States; find out which country achieved what milestones; see the first "spy photograph;" learn about Skylab; and see the actual space crafts involved - including the famous Sputnik satellite. You will even find how to view the official government report on the Challenger disaster and, by examining incredible links from impossible-to-search government websites, will see for yourself the visible problems Challenger experienced on its doomed shuttle mission. All of that, and more, is here...Brought to you by LawBuzz.com.

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The Men and Women Who Were First

The space story from LawBuzz.com will help you find the missing pieces from the movie, Space Cowboys. Links to the real people and their space craft are here. So are links to Sam (the monkey who first traveled in space to make sure it was safe for Americans to follow) and the Challenger crew (the brave astronauts whose needless deaths on a doomed shuttle mission forced the government to understand that unpopular judgment calls are indispensible for safety in space). You can discover it all at LawBuzz.com.

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Space Cowboys "The Men and Women Who Were First"

"The Story Behind the Movie Space Cowboys"

Space Cowboys
"The Men and Women Who Were First"