with the launch of Sputnik and the space race; time slowly passed since then and now space became a part of human communication‚ study‚ ethnics and cost‚ but only this space is slowly becoming a much need and important resource that can become accessible to Earth and human expansion. Current progression in space exploration
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the Soviet launch of the Sputnik 1 artificial satellite on 4 October 1957‚ and concluded with the co-operative Apollo-Soyuz Test Project human spaceflight mission in July 1975. The Apollo-Soyuz Test Project came to symbolize “détente”‚ (a partial easing of strained relations between the USSR and the US). Chapter 1: What was this “space race” In October‚ 1957‚ the Soviet Union launched the first satellite — named Sputnik — to be hurled into orbit around the Earth. Sputnik was actually no larger
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of Soviet Socialist Republics. Both parties had a lot invested and prepared well for this bout. Who would strike the first blow? In 1957‚ the Soviets set up a knock-out and launched their first blow with the Sputnik. The Soviets continue to pull ahead of the scorecards by launching the Sputnik II with a larger payload and a dog named Laika. The US responded by launching its own first in January 1958 called Explorer I. The Soviets send another out a couple of more blows‚ in 1959 with the Luna II and
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town called Coal wood‚ West Virginia. Homer is a teenage boy with only one future in sight; to work in the local coalmine like his father which he blatantly refused. However in October 1957‚ everything changes when the first artificial satellite‚ Sputnik goes into orbit. With that event‚ Homer becomes inspired to learn how to build rockets. Unfortunately‚ most of the town and especially Homer’s father felt that they were indeed wasting their time on trying to build a rocket. Only one teacher in the
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1. Sputnik affected Americans because the idea was that if Soviet’s could launch satellites into space‚ they could launch nuclear bombs into space. This scared many Americans. 2. President Kennedy established the Peace Corps to aid countries in danger of becoming under communist control. These countries were poor and desperate. The Peace Corps sent people such as doctors‚ teachers‚ and carpenters to help countries around the world and to help them to become less desperate. 3. The events in
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be the space program. Without the technology gained from our space program‚ all the other items would have never happened or would have taken a lot longer to be developed. It all began in the late 1950’s with the launch of the Russian satellite Sputnik. Prior to that most Americans assumed that the United States was superior to all other countries when it came to technology. With Russia apparently becoming the leader in space exploration‚ Congress passed the National Defense Education Act (NDEA)
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States during the Space Race in terms of the Sputnik‚ Luna‚ and Vostok programs. The USSR’s first space program was the Sputnik‚ which had as many as twenty- five launches. Out of the twenty-five‚ there are two milestone launches in which the the Soviet Union showed their obvious superiority to the US. The first milestone launch in the Sputnik program was Sputnik 1‚ which was the world’s first artificial satellite to reach space. The launch of Sputnik 1 on October 4th‚ 1957 was the first big step
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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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end results of the Space Race? What was the space race? It was a competition to see which of the two nations could advance the fastest in aeronautics. It started in 1957 when the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite. It was called Sputnik. Both the United States and the Soviet Union leaders believed that conquering
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orbits and incinerated during reentry. The SSN also keeps track which piece of space junk belongs to which country. The SSN was founded in the wake of the launch of Sputnik‚ the first artificial satellite‚ by the Soviet Union in October 1957. Orbiting the planet at 20‚000 mph (32‚186.88 kph) while emitting a constant radio signal‚ Sputnik was a red flag that told America not to take its technological dominance for granted. In the following decade‚ the Space Race between the USSR and USA occurred‚ ending
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