What Was The Purpose Of The Space Race And Astronomical Exploration?
Question: what was the purpose of the space race and astronomical exploration?
Thesis: the U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their scientific superiority and also protect their own territories from an attack from space.
Sub Questions:
How did the space race start?
What drove each nation further into space?
What were the achievements of the space race?
Who won the space race?
Essay:
The space race was a mid 20th-century competition between the U.S. And the USSR. Each side used different strategies and tactics to always have a plan to defend themselves from a space attack, and to always try to be a step ahead in terms of the development of space fairing vehicles. The U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their own scientific superiority, …show more content…
In early 1959, the Soviet space program launched Luna-2, the first man made probe to hit the moon. In April 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, travelling in the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok-1. The United States effort to send people to space was called 'Project Mercury'. NASA engineers designed a smaller, lighter, cone-shaped capsule, and held a final test flight in 1961 before the Soviets were able to pull ahead with the Gagarin launch. On The 5th of May, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Later that month, President John F. Kennedy made the bold, public claim that America would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade, by the end of the year, the start of NASA’s lunar landing program dubbed 'Project Apollo' was in …show more content…
While the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a moon landing mission between 1969 and 1972, including a launch-pad explosion in 1969. Throughout the space race, the American public was captivated by the space race, and the various developments made by the U.S. and Soviet space programs were heavily covered in the national media. This frenzy of interest was further encouraged by the new medium of television. Astronauts came to be seen as the ultimate American, and ordinary men and women seemed to enjoy living around them. The Soviets, in turn, were pictured as the ultimate villains, with their relentless, and massive efforts to prove the power of the communist
Thesis: the U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their scientific superiority and also protect their own territories from an attack from space.
Sub Questions:
How did the space race start?
What drove each nation further into space?
What were the achievements of the space race?
Who won the space race?
Essay:
The space race was a mid 20th-century competition between the U.S. And the USSR. Each side used different strategies and tactics to always have a plan to defend themselves from a space attack, and to always try to be a step ahead in terms of the development of space fairing vehicles. The U.S. and the USSR were trying to prove their own scientific superiority, …show more content…
In early 1959, the Soviet space program launched Luna-2, the first man made probe to hit the moon. In April 1961, the Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth, travelling in the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok-1. The United States effort to send people to space was called 'Project Mercury'. NASA engineers designed a smaller, lighter, cone-shaped capsule, and held a final test flight in 1961 before the Soviets were able to pull ahead with the Gagarin launch. On The 5th of May, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space. Later that month, President John F. Kennedy made the bold, public claim that America would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade, by the end of the year, the start of NASA’s lunar landing program dubbed 'Project Apollo' was in …show more content…
While the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a moon landing mission between 1969 and 1972, including a launch-pad explosion in 1969. Throughout the space race, the American public was captivated by the space race, and the various developments made by the U.S. and Soviet space programs were heavily covered in the national media. This frenzy of interest was further encouraged by the new medium of television. Astronauts came to be seen as the ultimate American, and ordinary men and women seemed to enjoy living around them. The Soviets, in turn, were pictured as the ultimate villains, with their relentless, and massive efforts to prove the power of the communist