1958 Weetabix : Conquest of Space
Conquest of Space trading cards were distributed in the UK by Weetabix
Ltd. Series A was released in 1958, followed by Series B in 1959. One free
card was included in every specially marked packet of Weetabix. The complete
50-card series and The Weetabix Space Album were available by mail
order. Each card measures 6 x 8 cm. Both series feature artist renderings of
early spacecraft and missions, as well as lunar mission concepts.
Series B titles are printed on the front of each card. Dr. Robert H. Goddard
appears uncredited in Series B on card #1. Goddard launched the first liquid-propellant rocket, "Nell," on March 16, 1926, in Auburn, Massachusetts. "Nell" rose to a height of 41 feet (12.5 meters). The card illustration is based on a photograph from October 1935. Goddard is pictured with an A-Series test rocket in Roswell, New Mexico.
"Accident at Take-Off" depicts a failed test launch of an American V-2 sounding rocket. The card text references the accidental launch of U.S. Navy Viking #8 on
June 6, 1952. The single-stage Martin RTV-N-12a rocket was fired during a static engine test. Viking #8 broke away from the test pad, reaching an altitude of 3.7 miles (6 km) .
| Series A | |
| 1 | How a Rocket Works |
| 2 | Structure of a Modern Rocket |
| 3 | Static-Testing a Large Missile |
| 4 | V2/WAC Corporal Take-Off |
| 5 | Fuelling a Vanguard Rocket |
| 6 | Redstone Missile |
| 7 | Booster Separating Above the Earth |
| 8 | Re-Entry Test Vehicle |
| 9 | Rocket Range Instrumentation |
| 10 | Control Cabin of a Spaceship |
| 11 | Radio Telescope |
| 12 | Sputnik Satellite |
| 13 | Explorer Satellite |
| 14 | British Artificial Satellite Project |
| 15 | High-Altitude Flying Suit |
| 16 | Absence of Gravity |
| 17 | Men in Space |
| 18 | Building a Manned Spacestation |
| 19 | Completed Von Braun Spacestation |
| 20 | Approaching the Moon |
| 21 | Lunar Landing |
| 22 | Lunar Tractor |
| 23 | Lunar Eclipse |
| 24 | Hydroponic Farming |
| 25 | Probe Rocket Approaching Venus |
| Series B | |
| 1 | The First Liquid Propellant Rocket |
| 1 | Rocket-Testing Stand |
| 3 | "Atlas" Missile |
| 4 | Launching Path of an Artificial Satellite |
| 5 | Accident at Take-Off |
| 6 | Vanguard Satellite |
| 7 | Space-Stations for Radio and TV Relay |
| 8 | Farside Rocket |
| 9 | Multi-Stage Liquid Propellant Rocket |
| 10 | High-Altitude Chamber |
| 11 | Recoverable Capsule |
| 12 | Smith-Ross Space-Station |
| 13 | Refuelling in Space |
| 14 | Lunar Spacesuit |
| 15 | Surface of the Moon |
| 16 | Earth as seen from the Moon |
| 17 | Nuclear Rocket |
| 18 | Ion-Propelled Space Vehicle |
| 19 | Solar radiation Propelled Vehicle |
| 20 | Deep Spaceship |
| 21 | Mars Seen From Phobos |
| 22 | Jupiter |
| 23 | Saturn from a Satellite |
| 24 | Comparative Sizes of the Sun and Planets |
| 25 | The Depths of Space |
