1966 Anglo Confectionery : Space

"Real pictures of space exploration in colour"


1966 Anglo Confectionery : Space Bubble Gum

The Space card series was released in 1966 by Anglo Confectionery Ltd. of Halifax, England. Each three-pence wax pack included a stick of Anglo Bubbly bubble gum. The 66-card Space series was compiled and authored by L.J. Carter, a Fellow of The British Interplanetary Society. Each card measures 2.5 x 3.5 inches.


1966 Anglo Confectionery Space #21 - The Astronauts

The prime crew of Gemini 4 are pictured on card #21, "The Astronauts." Command Pilot Jim McDivitt and Pilot Ed White are seen preparing to board Gemini-Titan 4 at Cape Kennedy on June 3, 1965.


1966 Anglo Confectionery Space #34 - Recovery–3 1966 Anglo Confectionery Space #34 - Recovery–3

The recovery of Gemini SC8 is depicted on card #34, "Recovery–3." The illustration is based on a photograph of Commander Neil Armstrong and David Scott after splash down on March 17, 1966.

On March 16, 1966, at 23:14 UTC, Gemini 8 performed the first docking of two spacecraft in orbit. The Agena Target Vehicle malfunctioned and began to tumble. The spacecraft was undocked and Armstrong regained control by engaging the Reentry Control System (RCS) thrusters. The mission was aborted and the crew made an emergency landing in the Pacific Ocean, about 500 miles east of Okinawa, Japan.

 
1966 Anglo Confectionery Space #18 - Valentina Tereshkova 1966 Anglo Confectionery Space #26 - Space Walk–2

Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova, the first woman in space, is pictured on card #18. The image was illustrated by David A. Hardy based on a photograph of Tereshkova during training. Tereshkova completed 48 orbits aboard the Vostok 6 spacecraft from June 16–19, 1963.

Illustrations of EVA by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov and Gemini 4 astronaut Ed White are featured on cards #25–26.


Checklist
1 Blue Streak
2 Thor
3 Atlas-Centaur
4 Gemini-Titan II
5 Telstar
6 Intelsat III
7 Satellite Ground Station
8 TIROS
9 View from a TIROS Satellite
10 Instrument-carrying Rocket
11 Ariel I
12 Ariel III
13 ESO II
14 OGO
15 Tracking Ship
16 Tracking Station
17 X-15
18 Valentina Tereshkova
19 Weightlessness
20 Space Walk Test
21 The Astronauts
22 Gemini Cut-away
23 American 2-Man Gemini Capsule
24 Into Orbit
25 Space Walk–1
26 Space Walk–2
27 View from Space Capsule
28 Rendezvous–1
29 Rendezvous–2
30 "The Angry Crocodile"
31 Re-entry
32 Recovery–1
33 Recovery–2
34 Recovery–3
35 Titan III C
36 Passenger Rockets–1
37 Passenger Rockets–2
38 BIS Spaceship
39 Ranger Approaching Moon
40 Lunar Orbiter Launch
41 Space "Pioneer"
42 Lunar-Landing Trainer
43 Saturn "Box"
44 Saturn V Roll-out
45 Saturn V Lift-off
46 Acceleration
47 Saturn V 1st-stage...
48 Saturn V 2nd-stage...
49 Saturn V 3rd-stage...
50 The Lunar Vehicle
51 Apollo Spacesuit
52 Lunar Capsule Descends
53 Landing In Copernicus
54 Exploring The Moon–1
55 Exploring The Moon–2
56 View from Mercury
57 Mariner 2 Nears Venus
58 Comet Ikeya-Seki
59 Mariner IV approaches Mars
60 Mars From Phobos
61 The Asteroid Icarus
62 Probe to Jupiter
63 Saturn
64 Uranus
65 Neptune
66 Distant Pluto