History of Space Box:Without Heirloom Box temporary bridge over the Loire

temporary bridge over the Loire in Nantes

The middle car in this photo is an Oldsmobile 88

established in 1872

500 other storied front pages are available from The Times archive

History of Space Box:Without Heirloom Box temporary bridge over the LoireFrom liftoff to splashdown, The New York Times has been on the forefront of space coverage. In 1919, The Times devoted an entire page to a single image of the sun: "The Latest and Most Remarkable Photograph of the Sun." A year later, the newspaper provided front page coverage to Professor Robert H. Goddard's stunning theory, "Believes Rocket Can Reach Moon." Packed with more than 85 reprinted Times pages, "History of Space" retraces mans early