Download
1 / 95
960 likes | 1.19k Views
Cold War: Space Race. Juliana Martin EDCI 270. Background. American Side. Russian Side. The Follow-Up. Quiz. Background. The Background Video. America.
E N D
Cold War: Space Race Juliana Martin EDCI 270
Background American Side Russian Side The Follow-Up Quiz
Background The Background Video
America 1958 The U.S launched its first satellite Explorer 1 designed by the U.S army under the direction of rocket scientist Wernher von Braun
Who was Wernher von Braun? He is well known as a leader of what has been called the “rocket team”, which developed the V-2 ballistic missile for the Nazis during WWII
NASA • In 1958 President Dwight Eisenhower Signed a public order creating the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a federal agency dedicated to space exploration
Later two national security programs were created: • The first, led by U.S. Air Force, dedicated itself to exploiting the military potential of space • The second, led by CIA, known as Corona, used orbiting satellites to gather intelligence on the Soviet Union
Corona Projectclick on the link below to watch a video: Corona Project
May 5th, 1961 astronaut Alan Shephard became the first American in space (though not in orbit)
The Big Promise Later that May, President John F. Kennedy promised American nation that by the end of the decade the United States would land a man on the moon… John F. Kennedy's Speech
In February of 1962 John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth
Apollo 8 December 21, 1968 saw the launch of Apollo 8, the first manned space mission to orbit the moon And just after 147 hours, 0 minutes, 42 seconds, Apollo 8 successfully returned back to Earth
Apollo 11 • July 16, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins set off on the Apollo 11 space mission, and became the first team of astronauts to land on the moon
“One small step for men, one giant leap for mankind” -Neil Armstrong, the first man to walk on the moon
True or False • America’s first Satellite was called Explorer I T F
Sorry, you picked the wrong answer! It was called Explorer I
True or False Corona was a project designated to land American astronauts on the moon by 1970 T F
Sorry, but Corona was a satellite designed to spy on the Soviet Union during the period of Cold War
True or False Neil Armstrong was the only man to ever walk on the moon T F
False! Good job! There were other astronauts who have walked on the moon, including Edwin Aldrin
Oops.. That is wrong There were other astronauts that have been to the moon, including Edwin Aldrin. Pay close attention!
Russia • On October 4, 1957, a Soviet R-7 intercontinental ballistic missile launched Sputnik, the world’s first artificial satellite and the first man made object to be placed into the Earth’s orbit
Competition is heating up • Sputnik’s launch came as a surprise to America • In the United States space was seen as the next frontier, and was crucial not to lose too much ground to the Soviets • Click next to watch a video Sputnik video
In 1959, the Soviet space program took another step forward with the launch of Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon
The first man to orbit Earth Soviet Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit the Earth, traveling in the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok 1 in April of 1961
Yuri Gagarin Yuri Gagarin was a soviet pilot and cosmonaut; he was the first human to travel into outer space and completed an orbit of the Earth in 1961
GhermanTitov Titov, the second man to orbit the earth was the first man to take a picture and film from space. Gagarin did not take a camera with him on the first spaceflight, so Titov was the first photographer and first cinematographer of the cosmos.
The first woman in space In 1963 cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space
Venus 3 • In 1965 Venus 3 was launched by the Soviets • It became the first man made object to impact Venus on March 1, 1966
Tragic accident • In January of 1966 chief engineer of Soviet space program Sergey Korolyov dies, thus putting Soviet Union a step behind in the Race
Click here to listen to a radio communication between Yuri Gagarin and Sergey Korolyov: Yuri Gagarin and Sergey Korolyov
True or False Vostok was America’s first artificial satellite placed into the Earth’s orbit T F
Ooops sorry, but Sputnik was Russia’s first artificial satellite to be placed into Earth’s orbit
True or False Vostok was the first space probe to hit the moon T F
That is absolutely correct! As you already know, Luna 2 was the first space probe to hit the moon
True or False Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit the Earth T F
Sorry, but Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit the Earth
Conclusion of the Space Race Click here to watch a video
The world’s first artificial satellite was called: • Sputnik • Apollo 8 • Vostok Hint
