Space Race Review

When did the space race begin?

1955

The Soviets established a ___________ whose goal was to beat the US in putting a satellite in space

Commission

What happened on October 4 1957?

The Russians put the first satellite into orbit

What was the name of the first satellite that the Russians put into orbit?

Sputnik I

Four months after the Russians launched Sputnik I, what did the US do?

They launched their first satellite.

What was the name of the US’s first satellite?

Explorer I

Who was the first man to be in space and orbit the Earth?

A Russian named Yuri Gagarin

What happened on April 12, 1961?

Yuri Gagarin became the first man to be in space and orbit the Earth and he represented Russia.

What was the spacecraft that Yuri Gagarin named?

Vostok I

When did the US launch the Freedom 7?

Three weeks after Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space (1961)

Who was Alan Sheperd?

The first American in space in the Freedom 7

Did Sheperd’s aircraft orbit the Earth?

No

What happened on February 20, 1962?

John Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth.

What was the name of the aircraft that John Glenn was in?

Friendship 7

Werner Von Braun and the Space Race

Director of NASA’s Marshall Space Flight Center and the chief architect of the Saturn V launch vehicle

Sergei Korolev

He directed the launch of the Vostok, and is responsible for the first human space flight (Russia)

Valentina Tereshkova

The first woman to travel into space. Soviet, and completed 48 orbits in just 71 hours. Flew on the Vostok 6, on June 6 1963.

Ed White

Pilot for the U.S. Gemini 4, and the first American astronaut to go on a space walk for 21 minutes.

Alexi Leonov

The first Soviet astronaut to go on a space walk and co-commanded the Apollo-Soyez Test Project Flight.

Apollo 11 (Eagle)

The first spacecraft to reach the moon in the world done by Americans on July 16 1969 - July 24 1969. Spacecraft held Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin.

Eagle

First crewed Lunar Module from Apollo 11 to land on the moon.

Apollo-Soyuz Mission

A joint space mission carried out by the U.S. and the Soviet Union in July of 1975. Designed to test space rendezvous and docking systems, and the possibility of space rescue. It was 9 days long. This thawed the tensions between the US and USSR.

V-2 Rocket

Developed by the Germans during WW2, it was the first long-ranged guided ballistic missile in the world.

R-7

The Russian’s intercontinental ballistic rocket, first in the world. Was capable of targeting of the U.S.

President Dwight D. Eisenhower

President to sign the NASA act into law, formally creating NASA; the National Aeronautics and Space Act

Vanguard TV3 satellite

Launched by the United States, it tested the capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle and it’s effects of the environment of a satellite and its systems in Earth’s orbit.

What happened in 1961?

President Kennedy went to Congress and announced that he wanted the first man on the Moon. The Apollo Moon program was later launched.

The Gemini Program

In conjunction with the Apollo program the US launched the Gemini program which would develop technology for use on the Apollo spacecraft. Under the Gemini program the Americans learned how to change the orbit of a spacecraft, spent significant time in orbit to learn how the human body would be affected, brought two spacecraft together in a rendezvous in space, and also went on the first space walks outside of a space craft.

What happened on July 20, 1969?

The Eagle (Apollo 11 Lunar Module) landed on the moon due to malfunctions. Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

What did Neil Armstrong say when he landed on the moon?

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind".

What officially terminated the Space Race?

US and USSR joined together with the Apollo-Soyez project and tensions thawed.