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Museum Entrance
Welcome to the Museum of Space Race
Artifact 23
U.S. Struggles
Decade Goal
The Beginning
U.S. Success
Extra missions
Curators Offices
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Curators Office
Ben Greif
Ben attends Clear Springs High School. He is in
10th grade, and this power point is a project for
World History Pre-Ap.
Contact me at 0001041015_at_students.ccisd.net
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Room 1
The Beginning Room
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Room 2
U.S. Struggle Room
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Room 3
The Decade Goal Room
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Room 4
U.S. Success Room
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Room 5
Extra missions Room
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V-2 Rocket

• Developed by German scientists.
• It was developed in the second World War
• This rocket was the first rocket to use a liquid
  propellant.
• It is considered the ancestor rocket of all space
  rockets.

"V-2 Rocket." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 23
Apr. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Sputnik I

• Launched into orbit on October 4, 1957 by the
  Soviet Union.
• Its news of reaching space stunned the whole
  world. The fact that they beat the U.S. was even
  more impressive.
• This small polished metal sphere triggered the
  Space Race.
• While in space it could be seen from all over the
  world, which scared many Americans.

"Sputnik 1." Wikipedia. Wikimedia Foundation, 24
Apr. 2014. Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Sputnik 2

• Sputnik 2 was launched on November 3, 1957 by the
  Soviet Union.
• It was a 4 meter high cone-shaped capsule.
• Not only did this rocket go into space, but a dog
  named Laika was able to ride inside of it. She
  was the first mammal in space.
• Sadly, Laika only survived for about 2 days while
  in space due to thermal problems.
• Although Soviets were able to launch a mammal
  into space, they didnt a have a plan for
  returning it safely.

http//nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.d
o?id1957-002A N.p., n.d. Web
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Vanguard Rocket

• In response to the Soviet Unions Sputnik 1 and 2
  The U.S. attempted to launch the Vanguard on
  December 6, 1957.
• The rocket rose about 4 feet and crashed back
  into the launch pad.
• Some people called it the flopnik or the
  kaputnik.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Explorer 1

• Finally on January 31, 1958, the United States
  launched its first satellite, Explorer I. The
  space race had officially begun.
• It was the first satellite launched by the U.S.
  into space.
• The explorer made over 58000 orbits before it
  finally burned up in the atmosphere on March 31,
  1970.
• They attached a Cosmic Ray Detector to measure
  the amount of radiation in space.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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N.A.S.A.

• National Aeronautics and Space Administration.
• Established by president Eisenhower to oversee
  the space program.
• Became operational on October 1, 1958.
• Space missions and plans like the Apollo-moon
  landing, Skylab, and the Space Shuttle were later
  led by NASA.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Pioneer Probes

• The pioneer probes were the first rockets that
  were used by the U.S. to try and land on the
  moon.
• Every single one of the rockets were
  unsuccessful.
• Meanwhile the Soviet Union was getting to
  everything first like the first orbit and moon
  impact. They also took the first pictures, which
  allowed to name most of the moons geological
  features.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Project Mercury

• The project began in 1958, with the goals of
  orbiting a manned spacecraft around the Earth.
• They also wanted to study a mans ability to
  function in space, and be able to recover both
  the man and spacecraft.
• In this plan they set guidelines for themselves
  like
• Use simple designs.
• Use existing technology.
• Give the pilot altitude control.
• Be able to separate the crew from the rocket in
  case of failure.

Dunbar, Brian. NASA. NASA, n.d. Web. 24 Apr.
2014.
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Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)

• On April 12, 1961, Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968), a
  Russian cosmonaut, became the first man in space.
  
• Yuri Gagarin was one of 19 other pilot enrolled
  in the Russian space program.
• Yuri Gagarin had to be small in order to fit in
  the space shuttle. He was 52 tall

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Commander Alan Shepard (1923-1998)

• On May 5, 1961, Commander Alan Shepard
  (1923-1998) of the U.S. Navy became the first
  American in space, orbiting earth in the Mercury
  7 capsule.
• He later became the fifth person to walk on the
  moon.
• He also hit two golf balls off of the moon.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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President John F. Kennedy

• In a speech given on May 25, 1961, Kennedy
  rallied the nation around the space program.
• In hi famous quote he said, If we are to win the
  battle that is now going on around the world
  between freedom and tyranny, now it is the time
  to take longer strides--time for a great new
  American enterprise--time for this nation to take
  a clearly leading role in space achievement,
  which in many ways may hold the key to our future
  on earth.
• Then he famously challenged the U.S. with, "I
  believe that this nation should commit itself to
  achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of
  landing a man on the moon and returning him
  safely to earth.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Gherman Titov

• He spent more than 25 hours in space, orbiting
  the earth 17 times while in the Vostok 2 capsule
  on August 6, 1961.
• He was the fourth person in space.
• His flight proved that people could live and work
  in space.
• He was the first person to sleep in space and
  develop space sickness.
• He was also able to take manual photographs using
  a movie camera, that providing the best known
  photographs of Earth at the time.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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John Glenn

• On February 20, 1962, John Glenn (1921-) became
  the first American in orbit.
• He went into orbit after Gherman Titov.
• He was the fifth person to go into space.
• Later on he went to space in the Space Shuttle.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Valentina Tereshkova(1937-)

• The Soviets put the first woman into space in
  1963(Valentina Tereshkova).
• Before her recruitment to become a cosmonaut
  Valentina was a factory textile worker, but after
  she became a prominent member of the communist
  party.
• By going into space she dissoluted ideas of women
  being weak politicians in Russia.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Apollo 11

• Nail Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first
  humans to land on the moon on July 20 1969, and
  they were from the U.S.. Americans won the space
  race.
• Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on
  the moon.
• Both astronauts walked on the moon for about 2
  and a half hours. In that time they collected
  about 47.5 lbs. of lunar material to research.
• Michael Collins, piloted the command spacecraft
  alone in orbit until they returned a day later.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Salyut Program

• It was the first space station program undertaken
  by the Soviet Union.
• It consisted of a 4 crewed scientific space
  stations and two crewed military reconnaissance
  space stations over a period of 15 years.
• This program was used to find the problems of
  living in space for long periods of time.
• This space station paved the way to multi-modular
  space stations in the future and set many records.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Skylab

• The United States sent up the space station
  Skylab in 1973. It was launched by a modified
  Saturn V rocket.
• Orbited in space between 1973-1979. It included a
  workshop, a solar observatory, and other systems.
• During its launch two solar panel arrays were
  broken, which threatened it usability, but in the
  first mission astronauts were able to repair it.
• Thousands of pictures were taken of Earth, and
  scientists were able to confirm the existence of
  coronal holes(colder areas of the sun found in
  polar regions) in the sun.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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First automatic sampling

• Luna 16 of the Soviets was the first machine to
  automatically take samples from the moon.
• Done on September 24, 1970.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Lunokhod 1

• Created by the Soviets, Lunokhod 1 was the first
  remote-controlled vehicle on another celestial
  body(moon).
• This was completed on November 23,1970.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Uhuru

• On December 12, 1970 NASA launched the first
  X-ray orbital observatory into space.
• It was used for the observation of distant stars
  and galaxies.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Venera 7

• Conducted the first soft landing on another
  planet(Venus).
• It also sent the first signals from another
  planet.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Pioneer 10

• The first human made object sent on escape
  trajectory away from the sun.
• This was done in March 3, 1972.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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SAS 2

• First orbital gamma ray observatory.
• It was sent off into space on November 15,1972.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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Some Say Official end of Cold War

• Some experts consider the official end of the
  space race to be 1975, when the Soviet Soyuz
  craft docked with the American Apollo 18, the
  first-ever international space rendezvous.
• This meant no further space races were going to
  happen.

"The Space Race and the Cold War." Science and
Its Times. Ed. Neil Schlager and Josh Lauer. Vol.
7. Detroit Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context.
Web. 24 Apr. 2014.
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