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The Moon

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Successful Satellites

"Sputnik 1 satellite shown in the assembly shop as a

Soviet technician puts finishing touches on it."

Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed.

Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 4: Primary Sources.

Detroit: UXL, 2005. World History in Context. Web.

21 Apr. 2014.

Sputnik 1 was the first man made satellite launched into space. It was sent off by the Soviet Union October 4, 1957, at 7:28PM. This event caused the United States to get in a hurry to get into outer space and eventually to the moon. This launch not only launched Sputnik 1, but also the space race. The Soviet Union really rattled the United States, but did that help the Soviet Union or hurt them?

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First man-made object launched into outer space

Engdahl, Sylvia. "Space Race." Americans at War. Ed. John P. Resch. Vol. 4: 1946-Present. Detroit: Macmillan Reference USA, 2005. 180-183. World History in Context. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

"Laika, the dog inside Sputnik 2. (©." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL,

2005. World History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

With the momentum of a successful launch of the first satellite launched into space, the Soviet Union wanted to up it again by sending a living creature out to space. Laika, the Soviet Union dog sent to space, was launched November 3,1957. Sadly, Laika died hours after the launch, due possibly to overheating.

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First animal in outer space


"Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin prepares to be the first man to orbit the Earth. ©." Encyclopedia of

Russian History. Ed. James R. Millar. Vol. 2. New York: Macmillan Reference USA, 2004. World

History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

After proving that a living creature could survive in space, the Soviet Union then went ahead and sent a man to orbit earth. On April 12,1961, Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go into outer space, and orbit the earth. This encouraged the United States to bump up the math and science programs to catch up to the Soviet Union.

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First person in outer space


"Valentina Tereshkova. (©." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2005. World


The Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to be launched into outer space. She was launched on June 16, 1963. This was very significant because while women anywhere didn’t really have much rights, Valentina was able to go into outer space just like a man was able to.

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First woman in outer space

"Explorer 1, the first American artificial satellite, is launched by a Juno 1 rocket in 1958. (©." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 1: Almanac, Volume 1. Detroit: UXL, 2005. World History in Context. Web. 21

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Explorer 1 was very important , for it was the first satellite launched into outer space by the United States of America. The United States launched this satellite February 1, 1958. It was quickly put into space after the Soviets had already put a satellite in space the previous year.

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First American satellite launched into outer space


"Alan Shepard, the first American in space." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2005. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

May 5, 1961, Alan B. Shepard was the first American launched into space. Just 23 days after Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin was launched into space. The U.S. was accepting the Soviets challenge. Truly, I believe the space race helped the U.S. with its education program, it boosted it so much.

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First American in outer space


"John Glenn. (©." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL, 2005. World History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014

On February 20, 1962, John Glenn was aboard the Friendship 7. After completing that mission, Glenn was the first American to orbit earth. He was the fifth person in space. The race was still pretty close, but very far from over.

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First American to orbit Earth

"John Glenn, with Nick Taylor." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 4: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2005. 90-101. World History in Context. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

"Sally Ride. Photo reproduced by permission of." UXL American Decades. Ed. Julie L. Carnagie, et al. Vol. 9: 1980-1989. Detroit: UXL, 2003. U.S.


Although it was 22 years later than Valentina’s mission, Sally Ride was the second woman in space. But she was the first American woman in space. She gained this title on June 18, 1983. She went on to perform a second mission on the Challenger and has a total of 343 hours in space.

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First American woman in outer space

"Laika, the dog inside Sputnik 2. (©." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 3: Biographies. Detroit: UXL,

2005. World History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

Launching Laika the dog into space November 3rd, 1957 was not only a breakthrough for the Soviet Union, but for the whole world. Laika was the first living creature to orbit the Earth. This was just the beginning of living beings being launched into space.

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First living thing to orbit Earth

"Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, Russian Cosmonaut." Gale World History in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010.

World History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

Yuri Gagarin was the first man to ever leave Earth and enter space. He orbited the Earth and had help prove that not only can a dog go into outer space and survive, but a human also could.

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First man to orbit Earth

"John Glenn." American Decades. Ed. Judith S. Baughman, et al. Vol. 10: 1990-1999. Detroit: Gale, 2001. U.S. History in Context. Web. 21 Apr. 2014.

on February 20, 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit the globe. This showed the Soviets that we were still here. Join also served in the Marines, and later served as a United States senator.

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First American to orbit Earth

"John Glenn, with Nick Taylor." Space Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 4: Primary Sources. Detroit: UXL, 2005. 90-101. World History in Context. Web. 22 Apr. 2014.

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On August 6th, 1961, Gherman Titov became the second man to orbit Earth, but he orbited Earth 17 times. He was the first person to orbit Earth over 10 times.

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First person to orbit Earth more than 10 times

http://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/3ds-luna-2/445388

After seeing how they could orbit earth. The Soviets wanted to keep their lead on the Americans. They launched Luna 1 January 2nd 1959. This spacecraft left Earth and was supposed to go to the moon. There was a malfunction, as there always seems, and it went past the moon.

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First spacecraft to enter the vicinity of the Moon

"Apollo 8 crewmembers James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman." Space

Exploration Reference Library. Ed. Lawrence W. Baker, et al. Vol. 1: Almanac, Volume 1. Detroit: UXL, 2005. World History in Context. Web. 21

Apr. 2014.

On the Apollo 8 mission, aboard was James A. Lovell Jr., William A. Anders, and Frank Borman. They were the first men ever to orbit the moon. This was significant because it showed that humans could make it to the moon and back. Now all they had to do was land on it.

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First manned Space mission to enter the Moon’s orbit

http://motherboard.vice.com/en_ca/blog/a-brief-history-of-kamikaze-lunar-missions

On September 14, 1959, the Soviet spacecraft Luna 2, became the first man made object to impact the moon. This was huge seeing that a man made probe could reach the moon. The Soviets were proud of their probe and believed they would soon put a man on the moon.

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First spacecraft to impact the moon

"Neil Armstrong, American astronaut." Gale World History in Context. Detroit: Gale, 2010. World


They had done it! The Americans had landed on the moon, they had done the impossible! On July 16th, 1969, Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin Jr. were launched off on course to land on the moon. They had successfully landed on the moon.. As said best by Neil Armstrong, “That’s one small step for mand, one giant leap for mankind.”

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First people on the moon


http://www.accur8.com/Vanguard_2.htm

The American weather satellite Vangaurd 2 was the first to ever be launched into space. Although it was not very successful, and not considered the first successful weather satellite, it still helped give them a start.

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First weather satellite

http://www.ssplprints.com/image/87572/nasa-tiros-1-meteorological-satellite-1960

April 1, 1960, the first successful weather satellite was launched to space. The American made satellite TIROS-1 successfully operated for 78 days and proved itself to be much more than Vanguard 2.

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First SUCCESSFUL weather satellite

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Navstar 1 was the first Global Positioning System (GPS), it was launched on February 22nd 1978. That’s very cool considering that we use GPS every single day of our lives. Without the launch of this satellite, we would be lost, literally.

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First GPS satellite

http://science.opposingviews.com/satellite-tv-simplified-satellite-tv-work-13233.html

Orbita was one of the first satellite launched into space used for television broadcasting. It was put into space in November of 1967. The Soviet Union made a television network based off of this satellite.

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The television satellite

http://www.charliethetortoise.com/

The first creature to orbit the moon was not man. The Soviets, in September 1968 had launched some tortoises to the moon. They were accompanied by mealworms and flies, but still, tortoises are awesome.

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First creature to orbit the moon

http://content.time.com/time/specials/packages/article/0,28804,1929328_1929325_1929305,00.html

In 1967, The U.S. and the Soviet Union created an outer space treaty. This treaty doesn’t allow the use of the moon for any military purposes, so that means no bases or anything can be built there. Today, 97 other countries have agreed to obey this treaty.

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Outer Space Treaty

http://www.astro.washington.edu/users/smith/Astro150/Labs/MoonRocks/

As proof they had went to the moon, astronauts had brought back moon rocks over time. Not only for that, the scientists also had to study the rocks to determine much things about the moon and its mysterious surface.

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Moon rocks

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