Soviet space program

that is space from earth but maybe we could actually explore it for ourselves. July 29, 1958, the founding of NASA (The National Aeronautics and Space Administration), Why was this organization created you might ask? After the Soviet space program’s launch of the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) in 1957 the United States realized there own lacking space efforts. So, Dwight D. Eisenhower took immediate action and created NASA. Although the Soviet Union did beat the U.S. into space that…

beyond” in space exploration by successfully landing a man on the moon, which would serve as a gambit to conceivably lead the United States to victory. Before astronauts ventured beyond the earth, scientists had to assess the space environment and the hazards of human exploration. Soon after President John F. Kennedy assumed office in January of 1961, the space race was undoubtedly underway, and the United State’s primary focus was landing a man on the moon--hence, the Apollo Program. These…

The Space Race between The USSR and The United States of America during the Cold War allowed the two countries to assert their dominance over one another. However, The US has not always had the goal of defeating the Soviets/Russians in outer space. The United States Space Program has changed in size, budget, and goals since the beginning of space exploration. Rockets as we know them today began in the mid-1930s in Great Britain as a means of anti-aircraft protection. However, Germany made…

the world in July of 1969. But how did America get that far and what did Americans think of NASA and the government in its attempt to send a man beyond our home on planet Earth. Man had never ventured out into our solar system up until the Apollo program took flight in the late 1960’s and most would argue that this would not have been possible without John F. Kennedy and his bold statement in 1962 stating that “We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the…

Apollo 13: The Story of a Successful Failure in Space Exploration ?Houston, we?ve had a problem.? This iconic phrase was uttered by Jim Lovell after an explosion occurred during his Apollo 13 mission and it appeared that all pre-launch fears that the mission was cursed were coming true. Lovell, Apollo 13?s commander, was not the original commander for the mission. Rather, Lovell was slated to fly Apollo 14 when the original commander of Apollo 13, Alan Shepard, became ill. Not wanting to…

The Positive Impacts of The Space Race Following World War II, tensions between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. rose dramatically. These tensions eventually caused the Cold War, a war that did not contain any actual combat between the two countries, but contained U.S. foreign involvement to contain communism, an arms race, and the space race (“Cold War History”). The space race is defined as the period of time in the 50s and 60s where the U.S. and Soviets competed technologically to be the first to…

Space is an amazing world that many people dream to know all about. The exploration of space all started with the Space Race. The Space started when the Soviets launched the first satellite called Sputnik 1. It was followed by Sputnik 2 carrying the first animal in space. After that the US launched Explorer 1 making them a part of the race. That was only the beginning, and what was to come was remarkable. Vostok 1 is the most significant historical event the in the history of space exploration…

The United States was well aware of the dangers its astronauts faced in outer space, but made a decision to continue space exploration. “In event of Moon Disaster” was a speech written by William Safire, for President Nixon to give in case the Apollo 11 mission to the moon went wrong, but was never actually given. The speech starts off by claiming that fate has decided that the two astronauts, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong, are to be stranded on the moon, and that this shall be their resting…

during the height of the Space Race. The Space Race is defined as the time period where the Soviet Union and the United States were fighting to see who could get man up into space first. Both nations also had their sight set on the moon. The United States wanted to get to the Moon as quickly as possible. They did not want to get caught off guard again as they had with the Russians launching Sputnik. After the end of World War II, tensions were at an all…

The space race between the United States and the Soviet Union was very beneficial to both sides. Both countries also benefited from new technologies that came out of their space research. It is, however arguable that the space program in the United States benefited more than the Soviet Union. The benefits the United States derived from its space research was not only new technologies but a sense national pride. With the America’s space program using more than $100 billion (in 1994 terms) it…