Transcript SPACE RACE - Mid-Pacific Institute

Ian Cintron
And
CJ Miske, Per. 3
Events that Lead to the Space
Race
• The U.S. and the USSR was competing
for supremacy in outer space exploration.
• Both believed that it was necessary for
their national security and was symbolic of
technological/ideological superiority.
Origins (WWII)
• Space Race began in Nazi Germany (1930s)
• Started + continued through WWII
• Germany was building Ballistic Missles
• 1930s, German aerospace engineers experimented with
liquid-fueled rockets
• Also created V-2 rocket supersonic speed used to take
over ENGLAND
ORIGINS(WWII + ROCKET
TEAMS ASSEMBLED)
• V2 was a very powerful rocket unstoppable!!
• 1st rocket to take photos from outer space 1949
• Army's first operational medium-range ballistic missile,
the Redstone rocket
• Led to launch both America's first satellite, and the first
piloted Mercury space missions. It became the basis for
both the Jupiter and Saturn family of rockets
Ballistic Missiles
• A missile with a long range (greater than
5,500 km or 3,500 miles) typically
designed for nuclear weapons delivery.
USSR
• August 21, 1957 - Intercontinental ballistic
missile (ICBM)
• October 4, 1957 – First artificial satellite
• November 3, 1957 – First animal orbit
(dog)
• September 14, 1959 – Probe to Moon
• April 12, 1961 – Human in orbit
USA
• January 31, 1958 – First US satellite
• December 18, 1958 – First
communications satellite
• February 17, 1959 – weather satellite
• August 7, 1959 – Photo of Earth from
space
• July 10, 1962 – First active
communications satellite with AT&T.
Cold War
– Cold War (1947–1991) Between two former allies,
the Soviet Union and the United States
•
End of Space Race
• July 24, 1975
Video!!
• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4kD
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Works Cited
• "Cold War." Wikipedia, the Free
Encyclopedia. Web. 12 Feb. 2011.
<http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war>.
• "Cold War - Credo Reference Topic."
Credo Reference Home. Web. 12 Feb.
2011.
<http://www.credoreference.com/topic/cold
_war>.