First‚ I will explain how the actions of the USSR started The Space Race. Next‚ how the United States developed NASA and eventually landed the first man on the moon. Finally‚ the technologies that were developed for space travel and have now become household items we all use in everyday life. In the 1950’s‚ America was in an upswing. After the victory in WWll‚ the economy was rapidly expanding‚ the baby boom had begun and Levittown was built as an example of suburban living. In a different part
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Not many people think about it‚ but space missions do a lot for people‚ such as improve their daily life on Earth to exploring neighbor planets more than 1‚000 miles away and beyond. A space mission is a journey made by a spacecraft that is sent into space usually to gather information. There are many space missions‚ although some are more famous than others. Lots of space missions have spinoffs. Something that was made for a space mission that we use in our daily lives now is a spinoff. Some space
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Understanding space‚ the untouched vast territory beyond our world‚ has been the goal of human technological evolution for centuries. In 1955‚ President Eisenhower announced that the United States would launch a man-made satellite into the unexplored universe‚ thus beginning the space race. At this same time‚ tensions between the United States and the Soviet Union were rising as the Cold War was ongoing. Since the competition between the countries was higher than ever‚ not four days had passed since
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On today world human are too busy doing our daily duty like going to work‚ going to school‚ moving to point A to point B. We often forgot to look up at the beautiful sky above us‚ and missed the beautiful view of the night skies. Some of us who still find time to look at the stars at night‚ and wonder what secrets it hold or how amazing it is. On the last few decade‚ we have been sending Man made machine far beyond earth like Mars. We even have space station for human to live on it for temporary
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When one thinks about Earth compared to the rest of the universe‚ Earth seems very small and then when thought about from a single person’s point of view‚ one realizes how miniscule a human is when compared to the rest of space. As the world moves more into the future‚ technological advances continue to evolve‚ but still the world has not learned a fraction of what space has to offer. Space is one of the most interesting topics in today’s world because it continually puzzles mankind‚ impacts society’s
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During the time right after the cold war‚ the United States and the Soviet Union became engaged in a “Space Race” to see which country could get a man on the moon first and ultimately claim space for their nation. The Soviet Union led the way by sending the first satellite into space and then the first human. On April 12‚ 1961‚ Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into space and make a complete orbit around the earth. Yuri was a Russian Soviet pilot and cosmonaut. He became an international
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Through time‚ humans have dreamed of travelling across the stars to the exoplanets we’ve spotted far away‚ but such a trip would be very long. Even to travel at the current space speed record to the nearest known exoplanet would take 43‚000 years (4). All that aside; the main issue is sustaining a human population for that long‚ if it were based generation to generation it would take roughly 600 generations of humans before they arrived based on today’s current life expectancy (3). This issue isn’t
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Gravity was nominated‚ and won‚ the Academy Award for Best Cinematography in 2014. After one look at the space inspired thriller you can see there are plenty of reasons why Gravity won and earned the award. Gravity’s cinematographer‚ Emmanuel “Chivo” Lubezki‚ worked closely with director Alfonso Cuarón and visual effects supervisor Tim Webber to create a film set almost entirely in zero gravity. The audience is not just seeing space‚ but they are taken along what seems to be the most realistic view
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The Mercury Mission was a very beneficial project to science. It was named after a Roman God who was very fast. The purpose of it was to put a manned spacecraft in orbital flight around the Earth. They wanted to investigate man’s performance and capabilities as well as his ability to function in space’s environment. The last objective was to recover both the man and spacecraft safely. In order for these goals to be accomplished‚ guidelines were required to have a safe approach. The spacecraft
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NASA spin-off technologies have had great impact on many people around the world‚ whether it be artificial limbs‚ cochlear implants‚ solar energy‚ GPS or water purifiers. But one particular invention has directly affected me and more than 25‚000 other people in the United States. NASA has also helped SpeedoUSA develop the LZR Racer‚ the world’s fastest swimsuit in 2007 and 2008. In fact‚ during the Beijing Olympics‚ every gold medal was a swimmer wearing a LZR Racer. (Gerbis‚ 2009) The suit helped
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