The Space Race During The Cold War
The cold war led to the success of America during the space race.
“The competitive nature of the Nations involved in space exploration.” (Dictionary.com) that is the definition of the Space race that occurred from 1957-1975. The United States and the Soviet Union were the two Nations that competed in the race, Space became another dramatic arena for the competition, as each side competed to prove the power of their technology, their military firepower and by extension their political-economic system. The launch of sputnik on October 4, 1957 shot the Soviet Union to the lead in the space race and also helped kick it off. The fear of the Soviet Union controlling space was breathing down America's neck.
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Army. Werner Von Braun directed the build and operation to be successful with this satellite. The same year they built this satellite President Dwight Eisenhower Signed a public order creating the National air-travel science and Space Management, a federal functioning program dedicated to exploring only space things. In 1959, the Soviets took another step forward with the launch of Luna 2. Luna was the first probe to it the moon and in April of 1961 the soviets became the first to send a human to orbit Earth when they sent Yuri Gagarin into space. Yuri orbited the Earth while traveling in a capsule-like spacecraft named Vostro 1.After this was done President John F. Kennedy got cocky and publicly claimed that the United states of America would be the first nation to land on the moon within ten years. Just about a year later, in February 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, and 11 months later, the foundation of NASA's Moon-related landing program put Project Apollo in place. (NASA) In July of 1969 the race peaked when we landed the first humans on the moon with Apollo 11. The Soviet Union tried to copy but failed many times, eventually canceling them and sticking to orbital
“The competitive nature of the Nations involved in space exploration.” (Dictionary.com) that is the definition of the Space race that occurred from 1957-1975. The United States and the Soviet Union were the two Nations that competed in the race, Space became another dramatic arena for the competition, as each side competed to prove the power of their technology, their military firepower and by extension their political-economic system. The launch of sputnik on October 4, 1957 shot the Soviet Union to the lead in the space race and also helped kick it off. The fear of the Soviet Union controlling space was breathing down America's neck.
Sputnik one was the first handmade Earth …show more content…
Army. Werner Von Braun directed the build and operation to be successful with this satellite. The same year they built this satellite President Dwight Eisenhower Signed a public order creating the National air-travel science and Space Management, a federal functioning program dedicated to exploring only space things. In 1959, the Soviets took another step forward with the launch of Luna 2. Luna was the first probe to it the moon and in April of 1961 the soviets became the first to send a human to orbit Earth when they sent Yuri Gagarin into space. Yuri orbited the Earth while traveling in a capsule-like spacecraft named Vostro 1.After this was done President John F. Kennedy got cocky and publicly claimed that the United states of America would be the first nation to land on the moon within ten years. Just about a year later, in February 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth, and 11 months later, the foundation of NASA's Moon-related landing program put Project Apollo in place. (NASA) In July of 1969 the race peaked when we landed the first humans on the moon with Apollo 11. The Soviet Union tried to copy but failed many times, eventually canceling them and sticking to orbital