Similar to two children vying for their parent’s attention, the United States and the Soviet Union were engaged in a battle of pride and wit. This battle of technological prowess began amidst the Cold War. Both sides fought to push the boundaries even further on space travel. The Soviet Union may of won the first part of the Space Race during the Cold War Era, but the United States quickly began building their space program using a methodical approach. The United States overtaking the Soviet Union was directly caused by the early portion of the space race, Project Gemini and Mercury buildings towards the Apollo 11 mission, and the manned mission to the moon.
The first ever. This was definitely important, at least more than any previous events in a way. Even when the USA seemed to be losing yet were successful a launching the Explorer 1 (in January, 31, 1958 as previously mentioned after the launch of Sputnick 1) satellite it wasn’t what brought victory. After this event both men Alana Sheppard (first American in space) and John Glenn (first American to orbit the Earth) accomplished great tasks. Russia then hit a mile stone with the failure of the launch of two men.
The next and last journey of the space shuttle was on January 28, 1986 when the US Space Challenger broke apart seventy-three seconds after lift off. The shuttle was approximately nine miles above the Kennedy space center at Cape Canaveral, in Orlando, Florida (Memorial will mark Challenger Disaster n.p.). This riveting event left America in shock. Evaluation concluded the rear and fuselage was
Bobak-5, Hurst-4 27 November 2011 NHD Research Paper INSERT QUOTE HERE -INSERT AUTHOR TITLE INTRODUCTION Revolution, Reform, and Reaction is this year’s National History Day Theme. The topic of the space race and its accomplishments took a great reaction over the United States and Soviet Union. This is a subject worth getting to know more information about because it had a significant impact on both nations. The space race has affected present technology in many ways. The man landing on the moon was the most important of the things achieved in the space race.
They have to use a sort of toaster oven though, they can't use a microwave on the shuttle. I think by the end of their trip the food gets pretty boring! What happens if the astronauts lose one of their tools? Astronauts try not to lose anything, including tools, because they float off into orbit. Later you might be going along in orbit and that tool could smash into the shuttle!
NASA shutdown NASA, once the proud space program of the United States, was shut down on July 20, 2011. The program was established on July 29 of 1958 and closed, and closed a little over fifty years after its creation, as a result of the necessary deep budget cuts imposed by congress. During the years that NASA operated, it accomplished many things. Most of the great things invented during the Cold War were motivated by the strive against the Soviet Union. The United States and the Soviet Union – a communist country at the time - competed on the development of weaponry and technological advances.
Who was responsible for this tragedy? The Americans or the Russians? Both have very different views of the real reason why. The battle of controversy between the two is never ending and still not clear till this day. Many historians and authors are debating as to what really happened as KAL 007 flew an ‘incorrect’ flight path over a hyper sensitive military area of the USSR at the time, some 369 miles off course.
If the Soviets had the rocket power to send a satellite to space what could they do with atom bombs? The space race was on. Panic amplified when the Soviets launched Sputnik 2 on November
The Death Star is a battle station the size of a small moon with thousands of TIE fighters abroad. Why has there not been an investigation into allegations that Darth Vader, the second-ranking member of the Imperial Government, is in fact the father of the pilot who allegedly destroyed the Death Star? But here is when it gets interesting, Why did Lord Vader decide to break all protocols and personally pilot a lightly armored TIE Fighter? Conveniently, this placed Lord Vader outside of the Death Star when it was destroyed, where he was also conveniently able to escape from a large-sized rebel fleet that had just routed the Imperial forces. Why would Lord Vader, one of the highest ranking members of the Imperial Government, suddenly decide to fly away from the Death Star in the middle of a battle?
Apollo It all began in 1959 when thoughts of space travel were considered to be near impossible. We were in a war with the Soviet Union, but this war however, did not include gunfights and mass killing. It was a race to see who could develop the best technology and advance the furthest in space travel. They were many stages to the space race, but my favorite was the Apollo missions. The Apollo program was conceived in 1960, but it wasn’t until May 25, 1961 that Kennedy had given his speech to announce his support for the program.