The Space Race was important to U.S history because of the significance of the battle between democratic society and totalitarian communism‚ because it brought an end to the Cold War‚ and because it led into further joint ventures between the United States and the Soviet Union (now Russia)‚ including the first space station. (http://www.nasm.si.edu/exhibitions/gal114/gal114.htm)) This 18 year long race between the two nations for international superiority via space and the transportation needed
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The space race‚ a race to see who could make it to space first. It had origin ties to the arms race between America and the Soviet Union. The purpose of this research paper will be to get information on just what the space race was. Along with that‚ the following questions will be answered: What events lead up prior to the space race? What was America’s and the Soviet Union’s involvement in it? And finally‚ what were the end results of the Space Race? What was the space race? It was a competition
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First‚ I will explain how the actions of the USSR started The Space Race. Next‚ how the United States developed NASA and eventually landed the first man on the moon. Finally‚ the technologies that were developed for space travel and have now become household items we all use in everyday life. In the 1950’s‚ America was in an upswing. After the victory in WWll‚ the economy was rapidly expanding‚ the baby boom had begun and Levittown was built as an example of suburban living. In a different part
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INTRODUCTION Overview Not every student is able to receive 100% attendance throughout the year. Whether it is because of work‚ because of a child‚ because of sports‚ or because of an emergency student will always have an extra something on their plate making school difficult. eCampus ultimate success will fall down to if you are willing to make extra profit while also helping students to succeed. Background eCampus is a pretty simple concept‚ its name stands for itself. eCampus stands
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fight with the blistering heat of gunfire‚ but with the cold progress of proxy wars and technological prowess. Neither of these superpowers wanted their ideologies to seem inferior and thus bolstered their efficiency on numerous fronts‚ including space exploration. The Soviet Union fired the first shots by launching Sputnik I and II in 1957. America responded by creating the National
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Space exploration has always been fascinating‚ and it gives us hope of finding something new. According to the video “Space Race: 20th Century Timeline and Firsts‚” “though the idea of space travel was discussed for hundreds of years‚ the field of rocketry got its first big boost in the early 20th century.” A century ago‚ space exploration was just a concept or a dream for mankind‚ but this idea had been accomplished
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The Space Race HIST101-1303B-09 8/26/13 The Space Race started at the beginning of the 1950s as World War II came to an end. It space travel became important as The United States continued to compete with the Soviet Union. The Space Race officially took flight on October 4‚ 1957 when a Soviet R-7 was launched into space. This satellite is also known as Sputnik. Sputnik caused much upheaval in the United States as Americans were not pleased by the idea that they had not been the first country
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SPACE RACE 1957-1969 By Mahbube Adem The Cold War Cold war was an era of conflict‚ tension and competition between the United States and the Soviet Union. It started in mid-1940s and lasted till the early 1990s. One of the ways the two superpowers competed was the Space Race. The Space Race was initiated on October 4‚ 1957 by the Soviet Union‚ when they launched Sputnik 1. The launch caused a huge shock to the United States. It was through that the United States was no longer safe behind
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The final act in the space race was when the United States put a man on the moon‚ beating the Soviet Union who had started the space racy by launching the first satellite called Sputnik. In an attempt to land on the moon the Soviet Union failed four times between the years of 1969 and 1972. The entire world’s attention was taken over throughout the Space Race‚ also the multitude of scientific discoveries by both the United States and Soviet Union’s space programs were covered almost every
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The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals‚ the Soviet Union (USSR) and the United States (US)‚ for supremacy in spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations that occurred following World War II‚ aided by captured German missile technology and personnel from the Aggregat program. The technological superiority required for such supremacy was seen as necessary for national security‚ and symbolic of ideological
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