Survival in Space poster, Sinhalese edition (Sinhalese poster distributed in Colombo)

A two-page photo spread in Sinhalese on United States research into human survival in space. Photographs show Air Force volunteers in a simulated 'space cabin', a pressure suit, a sealed balloon capsule, a centrifuge and a kitten floating in weightlessness. The text says American scientists are preparing for spaceflight. The tell is transfer: the prestige of science and of the Air Force programme is attached to the United States.

Propaganda techniques used in this poster

Transfer

Date

June 10, 1959

Period

Cold War

Made by

U.S. Information Agency (predecessor: State Department International Information and Educational Exchange Program), Propaganda Posters Distributed in Asia, Latin America and the Middle East series

Region

North America

Country

United States

Medium

Poster

Issuer type

State

Regime

Eisenhower Administration

Leader

Dwight D. Eisenhower

Audience

Foreign public

Purpose

Warn or inform

Themes

Science and technology, War and the military

Event

Cold War

Source

Unidentified Source blurred: contractors, cutouts, buried disclosure

Source

U.S. National Archives (NARA), Record Group 306, Posters in Asia, Latin America, Middle East, retrieved October 4, 2026

Rights

Public domain (U.S. government work; NARA RG 306)
U.S. Information Agency / Department of State, June 10, 1959. National Archives, Record Group 306 (NAID 6949102, 306-PPB-195).

අභ්‍යවකාශයේ ජීවත්වීම
පීඩාවක් නොමැතිව මිනිසාට අභ්‍යවකාශය තරණය කල හැකිද?
මේ ප්‍රශ්නයට පිළිතුරු දීමට විද්‍යාඥයින් හා වෛද්‍ය විශේෂඥයන් සූදානම් වෙති
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Living in outer space (headline as read). Can man cross outer space without hardship? Scientists and medical specialists are working to answer this question. The body text is the Sinhalese version of the English captions on the English edition (NAID 6949103).