Harutyun Sahakyan English 10A Period 1 February 11‚ 2013 The space race first began between the Soviet Union and the United States around 1957 when the Soviet Union launched their first satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ into space to orbit the earth. It ended around 1975 with the Apollo–Soyuz Test Project‚ a joint space mission between the Soviet Union and the United States. The space race compares to Animal Farm‚ because of how the Soviet Union failed multiple times in building an aircraft that could reach
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The Space Race was a period of time in our history that most people today know very little about. Beginning in the mid-1950s and continuing into the 1970s‚ the fight for superiority between the United States and the Soviet Union found its way into space. The Space Race‚ while often thought of as a not so secret competition between these two powerhouses to get to the moon‚ was in fact a public forum where they could demonstrate who was more advanced in technology and military force‚ and in turn whose
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The space race is a competition between the United Sates and the Soviet Union‚ the two Cold War rivals during the 20th century regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. It began in 1955 when both countries announced that they would soon be launching satellites into orbit. The Soviets took the US announcement as a challenge and even established a commission whose goal was to beat the US in putting a satellite into space. The Space Race can trace its origins to Germany‚ beginning in
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The Effects of the Space Race on the Cold War and Following Decades. Kevin R. Harmon Bethel University 4/11/17 Abstract The Space Race‚ a conflict between the United States and the Soviet Union‚ also known as the U.S.S.R. The Space Race started as a result of rising tensions between these two very powerful nations. At the time‚ Soviet Russia was a heavily communist country and considered the greatest threat to our nation. As a result of this view on the soviet’s intentions‚ the American people
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The birth of the Space Race commenced long before the Cold War tensions began to rise. In the 1920’s Wernher Von Braun was a German teenager who dreamed of designing and creating rockets capable of reaching outer space. He spent his high school years participating in “Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel)‚ which conducted experiments with liquid fuel rockets.” Following high school Von Braun joined the Nazi Party who capitalized on his expertise with aerospace engineering. He became
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Space race the battle between the nations. Sputnik was the creations of the USSR that started the space race and also put them ahead. The US tried to catching up for a long time in the end they passed. Each sides head plenty of failed advancers in the way they built the rockets and plenty of successful too. The space race was a fairy competition between the US USSR. The USSR was a major point in the space race and sputnik had its share of the spot light. USSR first endeavor name ’Sputnik’ originally
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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
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If the world could master space travel and innovate‚ Earth as a whole could solve many problems. These problems include the Helium Shortage‚ the precious metal shortage‚ and overpopulation on earth. We could also gain new knowledge by possibly communicating with more intelligent extra terrestrials. There are a lot of things that the human race as a whole‚ has not figured out how to do yet. If we could find other intelligent life in the world‚ it is possible that they have discovered the secrets
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or developing sophisticated space programs‚ Australia being among them. Hence‚ being an active UN member and signatory to numerous treaties and agreements regulating outer space activities‚ Australia realizes the importance of the presented issue. In the age of globalization and significant technological advancements‚ the outer space derived resources are vital components of daily life for societies around the globe. In order to ensure the exploration of the outer space is for the benefit and in the
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Space exploration and the space program in general‚ have been an important part of our past successes as a country. Today‚ as our government looks at budget reduction and cost cutting measures‚ the space program is being scrutinized more than ever. Should the space program be cut or should it be reinvented? To fully understand why the space program is so controversial‚ one must first understand where the space program began. Shortly after the end of World War II (1939-45)‚ the U.S. and the
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