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Space Cards
   Topps - 1957
   A&BC Cards - 1958

Target: Moon
   Topps - 1958 (blue backs)
   Topps - 1958 (salmon backs, skip-numbered)

Notes: I'm grouping this with "nostalgia" because a major incentive for the set was 
the beginnings of the Cold War space race. American Card Catalog reference is 
R714-20.The 1958 salmon-back set was issued as part of a popsicle promotion; it 
only included half of the cards, and is shown with its skip-numbering at the bottom 
of this page. A&BC also produced versions with Hebrew and Spanish text. 
The 1968 reissue was included in promotional boxes as "Ass't Packs - Halloween" 
together with 1968 series Hot Rods and Who Am I, which are found on the uncut 
sheets; perhaps also other series were included in the promotion.

Card-front titles are the same for all four series. Three cards had card-back titles 
that were changed from the two Space series in the two Target: Moon series. Other 
cards, also shown below, had (mostly) subtle differences between front/back titles 
that were consistent for all sets. Thanks to sluggo and Mike Fraina for updates! 
Scans are posted at the Vintage Non-Sports Cards gallery

No.   Title (Card Front)            Title (Card Back, if different)

  1   Sputnik 1                     Sputnik I
  2   Dog in Sputnik II
  3   Launching U.S. Satellites
  4   Recovering the Rocket
  5   Sputnik Descending
  6   Three Stage Rocket            The Three Stage Rocket
  7   Target: Moon
  8   Robot Nears Moon
  9   Radio Telescope
 10   Space Headquarters            Space Flight Headquarters
 11   Testing a Space Pilot
 12   Briefing for Spaceflight      Briefing for Space Flight
 13   Space Suit
 14   Preparing for flight
 15   Zero Hour!                    Zero Hour
 16   Strapped Down for Takeoff
 17   Rocket Blastoff
 18   Heading for Outer Space
 19   Diagram of Space Ship         Diagram of Spaceship
 20   No Gravity!
 21   Space Checker Game
 22   Space's Practical Jokes
 23   Meteor Peril
 24   If Meteor Hit New York        If Meteors Hit New York
 25   Space Acrobat
 26   Flying Practice
 27   Fixing Meteor Damage
 28   Sunset on the Earth           Sunset on Earth
 29   50 Miles to the Moon
 30   Preparing to Land
 31   Moon Landing
 32   Rocket Jet Heat
 33   First Men on the Moon
 34   Moon Explorers                Moon Explorers / Lunar Expedition
 35   Lunar Scouting Patrol
 36   Conquest of the Moon
 37   High Jumping on the Moon
 38   It's Easy - On the Moon!      It's Easy - On the Moon
 39   Trapped in Meteor Shower
 40   Lunar Crater
 41   Famed Copernicus Crater
 42   Moon Huts
 43   Moon Surveying Squad
 44   Moon Mountain Climbing
 45   Photographing Moon Craters
 46   Collecting Minerals on Moon   Collecting Minerals on the Moon
 47   Lunar Mists
 48   Lunar Explosions
 49   Palomar Observatory
 50   Enjoying Earthshine
 51   Eclipse of the Earth          Eclipse of the Earth / Eclipse of the Sun
 52   Working in Space
 53   Space Supply Depot
 54   Assembling Supply Ship
 55   Supplies for Moon Pioneers
 56   Solar Generators
 57   Lunar Air Plant               Lunar Airplant
 58   Lunar City
 59   Gymnastics on Moon            Gymnastics on the Moon
 60   Lunar Lookout Post
 61   Farming on the Moon
 62   Moon Trains
 63   Space Message Center
 64   Lunar Spaceport               Lunar Space Port
 65   Chasing Comets
 66   Heading Home
 67   Return to Earth
 68   Outer Space Station
 69   Takeoff for Other Planets
 70   Refuelling Planet Ship        Refueling Interplanet Ship
 71   Venus Dust Storms
 72   Mysterious Mars
 73   Martian Landscape
 74   Martian Dust Storm            Martian Dust Storms
 75   Outpost on Mars               Outpost on Mars / Martian Air Base
 76   Visit to Mercury
 77   Mercury's Amazing Climate
 78   Studying the Sun's Surface
 79   Melting in Sun's Heat         Melting in the Sun's Heat
 80   Exploring Jupiter
 81   Jupiter                       Jupiter's Terrain
 82   Hurricane on Jupiter
 83   View of Saturn
 84   Spectacular Saturn
 85   Saturn's Rings
 86   Pluto - The Coldest Planet
 87   Discovering a New Sun
 88   Life on Other Planets?


SALMON/PINK BACKS (POPSICLE PROMOTION)

  1   Sputnik 1
  2   Dog in Sputnik II
  6   Three Stage Rocket
  7   Target: Moon
 17   Rocket Blastoff
 18   Heading for Outer Space
 19   Diagram of Space Ship
 20   No Gravity!
 23   Meteor Peril
 24   If Meteor Hit New York
 27   Fixing Meteor Damage
 28   Sunset on the Earth
 30   Preparing to Land
 31   Moon Landing
 34   Moon Explorers
 37   High Jumping on the Moon
 38   It's Easy - On the Moon!
 40   Lunar Crater
 41   Famed Copernicus Crater
 43   Moon Surveying Squad
 44   Moon Mountain Climbing
 45   Photographing Moon Craters
 46   Collecting Minerals on Moon
 48   Lunar Explosions
 51   Eclipse of the Earth
 52   Working in Space
 53   Space Supply Depot
 54   Assembling Supply Ship
 55   Supplies for Moon Pioneers
 60   Lunar Lookout Post
 61   Farming on the Moon
 62   Moon Trains
 64   Lunar Spaceport
 68   Outer Space Station
 69   Takeoff for Other Planets
 72   Mysterious Mars
 73   Martian Landscape
 75   Outpost on Mars
 76   Visit to Mercury
 79   Melting in Sun's Heat
 80   Exploring Jupiter
 83   View of Saturn
 86   Pluto - The Coldest Planet
 87   Discovering a New Sun


Uncut Sheet

 --   (132-card sheet with 44 cards each from Target: Moon [salmon backs],
        Who Am I, and Hot Rods)


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