. Name Date Launched Nation Mission Manned/ Unmanned San Marco 1 December 15‚ 1964 Italy Conduct ionospheric research Unmanned Remarks San Marco 1‚ also known as San Marco A‚ was the first Italian satellite‚ and one of the earliest non-Soviet/US spacecraft. Name Date Launched Nation Mission Manned/ Unmanned Voskhod 2 March 18‚ 1965 Soviet Union To show that humans could survive independently in space‚ outside of a craft‚ given an appropriate suit.
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“That’s one small step for man‚ one giant leap for mankind.” It was July 20 1969‚ the day that reshaped our nation and gave us unparalleled dreams for the future. The impact of the day goes far beyond our pride and nationalism; that day would change space exploration and technology forever. Just like a shooting star‚ that day would give us a glimpse of hope. A chance to see an event so breathtaking and defying‚ it would be man’s greatest accomplishment in the 20th century. As millions of people watched
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NASA RP 1357 Mir Hardware Heritage David S. F. Portree March 1995 NASA Reference Publication 1357 Mir Hardware Heritage David S. F. Portree Information Services Division Lyndon B. Johnson Space Center Houston‚ Texas Johnson Space Center Reference Series March 1995 This publication is available from the NASA Center for Aerospace Information‚ 800 Elkridge Landing Road‚ Linthicum Heights‚ MD 21090-2934‚ (301) 621-0390 Preface This document was prepared by the Information
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“Let every nation know‚ whether it wishes us well or ill‚ that we shall pay any price‚ bear any burden‚ meet any hardship‚ support any friend‚ oppose any foe to assure the survival and the success of liberty” (Kennedy 70). When President John F Kennedy took his oath of office assured liberty in America and throughout the world as his promise to the America. President Kennedy’s actions and words had an impact on the concept of American exceptionalism. During the 1960’s‚ racial segregation and the
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all of it were aerospace engineers. “In 1957‚ the USSR launched the world’s first satellite‚ Sputnik 1‚ which triggered the space race with the United States. In 1958‚ the U.S. government founded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA)‚ and U.S. aerospace engineers launched the first American satellite on January 31‚ 1958.” (Aerospace
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Americans wanted most of all was for the U.S. to catch up to the Soviets as quickly as possible. They wanted reassurance and a definite closure of the perceived missile gap. Prior to the establishment of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in 1958‚ America’s space efforts were divided among the armed services with the Army‚ Navy and Air Force all running missile and satellite development projects. President Eisenhower‚ mindful of the complications of the Cold War‚ also divided space
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In the late-1900’s‚ America was knee-deep in competition with the Soviet Union‚ in an ongoing saga entitled the Cold War. The Soviets sent the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik‚ into space on October 4‚ 1957‚ commencing the Space Race; then they continued by launching Yuri Gagarin‚ making him the first person to orbit Earth” (FactCite). About five years later‚ on September 12‚ 1962‚ President John F. Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University in Houston‚ Texas. Kennedy wanted to rally the audience
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Freddy Cornejo Professor Burleson ENGL 1301.01 27 April 2016 “We mean to lead it” During the height of the Cold War‚ the Soviet Union had successfully launched the first artificial satellite from Earth‚ Sputnik. The successful launch of the Soviet satellite raised fear among the American People over the perceived technological difference between the United States and the Soviet Union. The United States followed suit in the Space Race largely in part to quell the notion that American innovation and
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Key Judgments Background: Three Generations of Stealth The first generation of the Lockheed Martin U-2 was created in 1955 and was labeled U-2A. It was developed to allow the U.S. a glimpse into the Soviet Union. It was in direct response to the Soviet’s development of the Myasishchev M-4 bomber (“Hammer”) and the alleged bomber gap. President Eisenhower called for designs of a stealth aircraft that could fly near and over Soviet airspace without the risk of being shot down. It was developed by
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“To Rule The Night” by James B. Irwin English 10 2/14/09 “As we flew into space we had a new sense of ourselves‚ of the earth‚ and of the nearness of God. I sensed the beginning of some sort of deep change taking place inside of me” -James B. Irwin The author’s purpose in the biography‚ “To Rule The Night‚” by James B. Irwin‚ is to inform the reader of his life‚ particularly his trip to the moon and how God opened doors for him to share the word with thousands of people.
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