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1960's Space Exploration
- Russia had their foot ahead in the space race. On October 4, 1957, Russia was the first to launch Sputnik 1, a satelite, into space. Four months later, the US would launch Explorer 1 into space. Later,in April 12, 1961 Russia would send the first human into space. The Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin landed on the moon. This influenced all of the companies and programs related to space. Because of this, the United States multiplied the Soviet feat in that year. The technology increased and there was more communications in satellite, the Telster, depended on the technology. Television pictures were needed across the Atlantic Ocean. Some creators of these machines were the America’s National Aeronautics and Space Administration, NASA. NASA was established in 1958It created more facilities around Cape Canaveral, Florida, and Texas.
- As the space program progressed, new jobs were formed that needed employees to fill. President Kennedy called this the New Frontier. There were many uncharted areas in space that still needed to be explored. After WWII there was a major economic recession and the space program helped everyone out. Since the Soviets were the first to outer space, the United States wanted to better them. The US did so by being the first ones on the moon on July 20, 1969. Neil Armstrong would be the star that walked on the moon. Russia would then send planetary probes to Venus and Mars in 1960. Then in 1974, the US would send Mariner 10 to Mercury. This race has gone on for many years, and will still continue to go on because there is still a whole galaxy to explore. Even though this race was competitive based, we have been able to learn more about our neighboring planets.
This is a really great! This is a really interesting topic, and you covered it pretty well! It was so enjoyable that I wish you had written more! Really, it is a good post, but I think the post would have benefitted quite a bit if you had gone more in depth and explained everything a bit. Some things were a bit confusing, for example, "Soviet feat", what?
ReplyDeleteReally great post!
This was short and informative, so that's good but it's a bit confusing. It really outlined the competition between the US and the Soviet Union. Good job.
ReplyDeleteI like your information level, especially the focus on the American effort needed to make NASA. There are a few small errors; Yuri Geller didn't land on the moon. Nice picture and a good post!
ReplyDeleteAs Gayan noted Yuri Geller did not land on the moon, a small error. Very thorough and nice picture. It summarized the conflicts between the U.S. and the Soviet Union nicely.
ReplyDeleteThe formatting is great. you organized paragraphs and spaced the lines so that the posting was easy to read. Your writing flowed, and it sounded a lot more like a narration than just someone rattling off a list of facts.
ReplyDeleteHI HELEN. I think your posting was really great and well organized. Perhaps you could have had more detail and expand on the topic a bit more.
ReplyDeleteNice summary. It felt very much like just points though so I wish you could have gone into more detail and make your sentences flow together.
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