Space Race

Chronology of Space Race Events• Russia launch 1st satellite, Sputnik, 1957.• Russia sends 1st man, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space• United States creates Space Program

• Project Mercury - Alan B. Sheppard 1st US to go into space; John Glenn 1st US to orbit Earth

• Project Gemini- 2 space crafts link in space

• Project Apollo- 1st person on moon, Neil Armstrong

Websites• http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/SpaceAge/• Why was NASA formed?

http://www.eisenhowerbirthplace.org/legacy/ike0004.htm

• Timeline for the “space race” http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/exhibits/dateline_moon/space.htm

• Summary of 3 phases of U.S. space program http://www.thespacerace.com/

• Satellite- orbits Earth• Probe- into deep space; sends info to Earth;

never returns• Space station- space apartment– Mir– Skylab

• Shuttle- reusable spacecraft used to transport people, products

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http://www-spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wexp13.html

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