Ian Cintron

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CJ Miske, Per. 3

Events that Lead to the Space Race

• The U.S. and the USSR was competing for supremacy in outer space exploration.

• Both believed that it was necessary for their national security and was symbolic of technological/ideological superiority.

Origins (WWII)

• Space Race began in Nazi Germany (1930s)

• Started + continued through WWII

• Germany was building Ballistic Missles

• 1930s, German aerospace engineers experimented with liquid-fueled rockets

• Also created V-2 rocket supersonic speed used to take over ENGLAND

ORIGINS(WWII + ROCKET TEAMS ASSEMBLED)

• V2 was a very powerful rocket unstoppable!!

• 1st rocket to take photos from outer space 1949

• Army's first operational medium-range ballistic missile, the Redstone rocket

• Led to launch both America's first satellite, and the first piloted Mercury space missions. It became the basis for both the Jupiter and Saturn family of rockets

Ballistic Missiles

• A missile with a long range (greater than 5,500 km or 3,500 miles) typically designed for nuclear weapons delivery.

USSR

• August 21, 1957 - Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

• October 4, 1957 – First artificial satellite

• November 3, 1957 – First animal orbit (dog)

• September 14, 1959 – Probe to Moon

• April 12, 1961 – Human in orbit

USA

• January 31, 1958 – First US satellite

• December 18, 1958 – First communications satellite

• February 17, 1959 – weather satellite

• August 7, 1959 – Photo of Earth from space

• July 10, 1962 – First active communications satellite with AT&T.

Cold War– Cold War (1947–1991) Between two former allies,

the Soviet Union and the United States

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End of Space Race

• July 24, 1975

Video!!

• http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=ND4kDezFUk8

Works Cited

• "Cold War." Wikipedia, the Free Encyclopedia. Web. 12 Feb. 2011. <http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cold_war>.

• "Cold War - Credo Reference Topic." Credo Reference Home. Web. 12 Feb. 2011. <http://www.credoreference.com/topic/cold_war>.