1957 TOPPS SPACE CARDS - 51 Cards

Description

The 1957 Topps Space Card Set consists of 88 standard size cards. Issued to capitalize on the excitement of the space race, the 1957 Topps Space cards feature color illustrations of what space travel would be like.  The cards focus mainly on wonders of space, the astronauts and futuristic lunar cities, as much of the equipment was yet to be invented.
While clearly Science Fiction, a lot of the ideas were rooted well within the possibilities of what might have been possible. As the checklist progresses, it follows a natural evolution of what space travel might have been like. Following Sputnik, it imagined man heading to the moon, living there and going beyond. Mars, Jupiter, Saturn and even the sun are part of the imaginative set.
Card fronts have a detailed cartoon image. Done in full-color, they're vibrant and distinct. They come with a basic white border and a short caption set inside an oval. The blue backs are equally distinct. Set in space, there are several illustrations including planets and stars. A write-up and the Space Cards name are in the center of the card set inside a white circle.
Pictures attached are of the actual cards.
Below are the cards included here:
1 Sputnik I
2 Dog In Sputnik II
4 Recovering The Rocket
6 Three Stage Rocket
7 Target: Moon
8 Robot Nears Moon
9 Radio Telescope
10 Space Flight Headquarters
11 Testing a Space Pilot
13 Space Suit
15 Zero Hour
16 Strapped Down For Takeoff
17 Rocket Blastoff
19 Diagram of Spaceship
20 No Gravity
22 Space's Practical Jokes
23 Meteor Peril
24 If Meteors Hit New York
25 Space Acrobat
26 Flying Practice
28 Sunset on Earth
29 50 Miles to the Moon
30 Preparing to Land
31 Moon Landing
33 First Men on the Moon
38 It's Easy — on the Moon
39 Trapped in Meteor Shower
40 Lunar Crater
44 Moon Mountain Climbing
45 Photographing Moon Craters
48 Lunar Explosions
49 Palomar Observatory
50 Enjoying Earthshine (ink on back of card)
51 Eclipse of the Earth
58 Lunar City
62 Moon Trains
63 Space Message Center
65 Chasing Comets
68 Outer Space Station
69 Takeoff for Other Planets
73 Martian Landscape
74 Martian Dust Storms
76 Visit to Mercury
77 Mercury's Amazing Climate
78 Studying the Sun's Surface (damaged -corner torn)
81 Jupiter's Terrain
83 View of Saturn
85 Saturn's Rings
86 Pluto — The Coldest Planet
87 Discovering a New Sun
88 Life on Other Planets?