* 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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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 to send something into orbit. Sputnik continued to gain importance when it was discovered that the missile was “seemingly capable of delivering a nuclear warhead into U.S. air space--made gathering intelligence
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The Holocaust: - Began in 1933 when Adolf Hitler came to power - Holocaust- from Greek term ‘holokausten’ meaning “sacrifice by fire” - Nazi- Nationalsozialistishe Deutsche Arbeiterpartei- National Socialist German Worker’s Party. - Refers to the Nazis planned persecution and slaughter of Jewish people. – genocide - Nazi Germans also persecuted Gypsies‚ Jehovah’s Witnesses‚ homosexuals and those with disabilities. –“The Final Solution” - Estimated around 11 million people killed during Holocaust-
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From 1945-1960‚ the Soviet Union was more successful in achieving its goal of spreading communism than the United states was at achieving its goal of containing it. Russia directly spread communism to China‚ the northern half of Korea‚ and all of Eastern Europe. In addition‚ it forced heavy expenses on the U.S. through the Berlin blockade‚ beat the U.S. in achieving orbital flight‚ embarrassed president Eisenhower with the U-2 incident‚ and caused wide-spread panic in the U.S. government itself.
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inviting more than 13‚000 guests to the occasion. Unfortunately for Avro‚ the media and public attention for the Arrow rollout was dwarfed by the launch of Sputnik the same day. That
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We have always dreamed about reaching the heavens. From ancient civilizations to the modern day world‚ our obsession of going into space has grown from studying the stars to actual exploration of space. We have come a long way since primitive charts of constellations. From telescopes to satellites‚ we as a population have progressed greatly in the world of technology. In a mere forty years‚ we have had more technological advances than the Industrial Revolution. The Space Race has affected our
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ground‚ but also race in space. The contest in superiority of space exploration intensified after the Soviet Union’s successful launch of Sputnik I (first artificial satellite) into orbit in 1957. 2 While the Soviets celebrated their unprecedented achievement‚ the American public was in shock; all of a sudden‚ they felt beaten. Murray and Cox point out that "Sputnik was the first time the Soviets had demonstrated superiority to the United States in any technological endeavor. It was especially galling
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