Soviet Union to explore the Solar System. This race began on October 4‚ 1957 when the Soviet Union deployed an artificial satellite called‚ Sputnik to orbit in space. Sputnik created a sense of fear in the United States that the Soviet Union had “reached the heavens” with the use of technological advancements. The President of the Soviet Union‚ Khrushchev used Sputnik as a symbol of how powerful “social superiority” was in comparison to capitalism. On January 31‚ 1958‚ the United States launched a satellite
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1950s was slow. On 4 October 1957‚ Russia launched Sputnik I into space and catapulted the race to a whole new level. The intent of Sputnik was as propaganda‚ detracting from the fact that the rocket used to put it in orbit could also be used to transport a Hydrogen Bomb around the globe. Sputnik’s greatest contribution to the space race was highlighting the inefficiency of America’s defenses (or offenses) in a ballistic missile fight. Sputnik instigated America’s call to space and started the
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sound education was once just an idea. The public school did not even exist until the 1800’s. Several leading theorists and many movements that span several hundred years made education what it is today. John Calvin‚ Horace Mann‚ John Dewey and Sputnik are just a few of the largest influences on education as it evolved from a privilege only for aristocrats to becoming a right for all. John Calvin John Calvin‚ a thankfully outspoken theologian‚ believed education should be for the public and
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Celine :) PROBLEMS WITH SPACE TRAVEL Rockets or spaceships have huge gravity wheels on them. These are to help the astronauts to live in there. But‚ serious problems can be caused by the Coriolis effect. They will spin and spin at more than one revolution per minute. Astronauts will be all feeling very sick by the time they arrive in the destination. Astronauts immediately begin to weaken when they get on the rocket. Because of the lack of gravity‚ their bodies loses calcium‚ and muscles
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Russian Satellite named Sputnik was launched into orbit about Earth. All around the world‚ people watch in amazement as Earth took its first step into space. Later in November of that same year‚ Russia took another step‚ this time sending the first living animal into outer space. The animal onboard the space satellite Sputnik II or ‘2’ was a female Russian dog named ‘Laika’. Sadly‚ a few hours after take-off‚ Laika passed away from a mix of over-heating and panic. Sputnik II burned up over Barbados
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finish line. Most historians agree that the Space Race officially began when the Soviet Union launched the first satellite into space. On October 4‚ 1957‚ Sputnik‚ which means “traveler” in Russian‚ became the first man-made
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* Eventually‚ satellites have been used to investigate the space environment‚ including our moon and the other planets in our solar system. SPUTNIK 1 It was in 1957 when the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ was launched into space by the former USSR. It carried a radio transmitter and was the size of a football. SPUTNIK 2 * Sputnik 2 carried a dog named Laika into space Explorer 1 * The US launched its own first satellite‚ Explorer 1‚ into space on January 31‚ 1958. *
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Satellite A satellite is defined as any object that orbits any other object. Satellites can be celestial‚ such as a moon orbiting a planet in the solar system‚ or a planet in the solar system orbiting the sun. Satellites can also be man-made. Man-made satellites are typically launched into outer space from earth to collect data‚ photos and other information about Earth and all the many things that exist around it. FLOW OF CONTENTS
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space satellite “Sputnik” was launched. This led to a massive panic by the American population and government. America was scared that Sputnik was capable of launching nuclear weapons from space‚ feeling that the USA would be rendered almost defenseless from those types of attacks. The USSR tried to make it quite clear that Sputnik was not a weapon or spy satellite‚ but instead was made simply to test out space. The only kind of technology it had were radio-transmitters. Sputnik was launched by the
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country is superior than their opponent‚ which led to an improvement in many technological advancements. The space race was a competition between both super power countries in a contest on who can have the best technology. It was triggered off when Sputnik was launched into space by an intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) in 1957 by the Soviets. So at the time‚ this was considered a shock due to at the period technology wasn’t as effective and making it into space was
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