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What was the Space Race?
- The Space Race was an unofficial competitionbetween America and the Russians during the1950sand 60s
- It started in 1957 when the USSR luanchedSputnik I, the first artificial satellite.
- The US successfully launched Explorer I in1959.
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The Beginning
The one-man Mercury capsule Mercury Redstone Mercury Atlas
- Project Mercurywas the first US attempt at mannedspace flight.
- NASA had a force of 7 astronauts.
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An Ape in Space
- A baby chimpanzee named Ham launched on
a sub-orbital flight.
- January, 1961.
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An American in Orbit
- John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit
the Earth on a 5 hour flight in February of 1962.
- He rode the Mercury Atlas rocket.
John Glenn Mercury Atlas Rocket
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Project Mercury 61-63
Gordon Cooper Wally Schirra Scott Carpenter
- Scott Carpenter, Wally Schirra and Gordon Cooperwere the last Mercury Astronauts to fly.
- Combined, these three astronauts flew for 48 hours
in space and 31 orbits of the Earth.
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Project Gemini
- Used a two-man capsule on top of the powerful Titan II
rocket.
- Gemini would teach us the needed techniques to reach
the moon.
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Notable Gemini Accomplishments
- Ed Whitebecame the First American to perform an
EVA. It lasted for 43 minutes.
- Gemini 6 & 7 became the first spacecraft to
rendezvous in orbit.
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Project Gemini Successes 65-66
- Gemini 5Pilots Cooper and Conrad stayed in space for a record ofeight days. Enough for a piloted moon mission. August 1965.
- Gemini 8First docking of spacecraft with unmanned Agena vehicle.
March 1966.
- Gemini 92 hours of EVA time with 22 orbits. June 1966.
- Gemini 11Highest altitude record of 739 miles along with 33
minutes of EVA time. July 1966.
- Gemini 12 5 hours 20 minutes of EVA time performed by Buzz
Aldrin. Last Gemini Flight. November 1966.
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Off to the Moon
- The Apollo Programwas the project that would take
Americans to the moon.
- The Saturn V rocket was designed for Project Apollo.
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The Apollo 1 Tragedy
- On January 27th
, 1967 during a test on the launch pad,a fire in the Apollo 1 cabin killed all three crew
members.
- Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee
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Apollo 11
- July 29th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin performed a2.5 hour EVA on the surface of the moon.
- The landing is themost important scientific achievement of the
20th
century. America beat the Russians in the space race.
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Project Skylab
- Skylab was the 3nd
stage of a Saturn V rocket. It wassent into Earth orbit in May of 1973.
- 4 crewswere sent to Skylab, the last crew spent 3
months in space.
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NASA after the space race
- NASA still continues an active unmanned space program.
- The Space Shuttle program operated from 1981 to 2011.
- A total of 325 Americans have been to space compared to
103 Russians.
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