“Beep… Beep… Beep…” This was the noise that sent the United States into a panic on Friday, October 4, 1957. The beeping that was heard through static from the radio was the indication that the Soviet Union, had the upper hand in the space race successfully putting their first satellite Sputnik into orbit. This lead to a time in the United States that would forever separate the old from the new and bring endless amounts of innovations to science and even redefine the living standards in the United States. When the Soviet satellite Sputnik was launched the United States was at the time a world power and lead the world in several categories, except now falling behind the Soviets in the space race. This was a crucial time in American history because
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Unfortunately due to inferior elements the lunch was postponed for two straight days until January 31, 1958 at 10:48 pm the rocket Juno sent the United States first satellite named Explorer into the skies from Cape Canaveral. Eisenhower claims ten years later that the Explorer satellite could be, “ranked as our brightest achievement.” (Mieczkowski, 129) Although the major success the United States achieved with the lunching of their Explorer satellite they were not going to give up efforts to advance past the Soviet Union that easily. The United States had quickly made another trip to space later that year in the spring of 1958 when they launched their second satellite Vanguard I, this satellite was a huge scientific innovation for the United States as well as it was able to stay in orbit for centuries without any issues. The United States then made their move to advance ahead of the Soviet Union and show the world once again that the United States of America was the world leader and now also was the leader in the space race on March 26, 1958 when the Americans launched Explorer III into space beating the Soviets launch of Sputnik III on May 15, 1958. Once Explorer III took to the skier the United States never found it self trailing behind the Soviet Union throughout Eisenhower’s presidency. Once the United States prevailed in the space race their were other economic issues that Yanek discuses in his book to help his audience get a better understanding on the real pressures society had during the space race that could’ve been blamed on the Soviets leading the space race at the
Unfortunately due to inferior elements the lunch was postponed for two straight days until January 31, 1958 at 10:48 pm the rocket Juno sent the United States first satellite named Explorer into the skies from Cape Canaveral. Eisenhower claims ten years later that the Explorer satellite could be, “ranked as our brightest achievement.” (Mieczkowski, 129) Although the major success the United States achieved with the lunching of their Explorer satellite they were not going to give up efforts to advance past the Soviet Union that easily. The United States had quickly made another trip to space later that year in the spring of 1958 when they launched their second satellite Vanguard I, this satellite was a huge scientific innovation for the United States as well as it was able to stay in orbit for centuries without any issues. The United States then made their move to advance ahead of the Soviet Union and show the world once again that the United States of America was the world leader and now also was the leader in the space race on March 26, 1958 when the Americans launched Explorer III into space beating the Soviets launch of Sputnik III on May 15, 1958. Once Explorer III took to the skier the United States never found it self trailing behind the Soviet Union throughout Eisenhower’s presidency. Once the United States prevailed in the space race their were other economic issues that Yanek discuses in his book to help his audience get a better understanding on the real pressures society had during the space race that could’ve been blamed on the Soviets leading the space race at the