The Military Origins of the Space Race are reflected in the rivalry to build rockets powerful enough to send nuclear warheads across the ocean, lift satellites into Earth orbit, or carry humans to the Moon.
The space race started with the launch of Sputnik in 1957 was at its height during the 1960’s until the American landing on the moon in July 1969.
During this time, secret eyes in space were constantly spying to determine potential targets and any warnings of attack.
However, the launch of Sputnik came as a surprise. The Russians were ahead in the Space Race from 1957 through the early 1960’s largely due to the United States concentrating on bombs rather than rocket technology. The space race was part of a larger competition involving not only the arms race, but also a competition between communism and democracy
Watch this video on the Space Race
and this one on Sputnik
I thought it was cool how the dogs went into space. they were called dogonauts!:) they both made it back and had puppies
ReplyDeleteYeah! That was really cool! :) But I'd rather send up those chimps, dogs need to stay here and keep safe. ;)
DeleteI liked that the Russian used dogs for their space travel and Americans tried a monkey.
ReplyDeleteIt thought it was crazy how much NASA's budget went up! And how much the Apollo mission cost
ReplyDeleteI think its funny that before, America, couldn't do anything to get in space but the Russians got there multiple times before America and yet we get to the moon first! and then Russia cant get a single thing to land on the moon after many many tries. :p
ReplyDeleteI wish the space shuttle program hadn't shut down in 2011, why did it shut down?
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