Sputnik: The Space Race

One of them was stated in Document B, “One of Johnson’s asides, George E. Reedy, summarized the feelings of many Americans: ‘the simple fact is that we can no longer consider the Russians to be behind us in technology.’”. And with that he was basically saying that we really can’t underestimate the Russians with technology anymore because of the launch of the satellite. Also we shouldn’t underestimate them because later they sent the first man into space. But that isn’t all with the social portion of the race. This was stated in Document F, “Under the intense media scrutiny of an America waiting desperately for something to salve the national pride, the Vanguard rocket was prepared for launch at Cape Canaveral. On December 6, 1957, the slender, delicate instrument was fired, began to rise, and then sank back down on itself, crushing it’s engines and erupting into a huge fireball.”. This crash was on live TV so it was being broadcasted everywhere. This was saying that this was all America could do, while Russia rode the heavens. That concludes the social portion, now onto the third and final portion of this point in time, the economical

The Race to Space was a competition the United States and Soviet Union engaged in to see who had the most advanced space technology. The competition included some events like who launched the first manned spacecraft into space and who would be the first to walk on the moon, these events took place during the Cold War. The cold war was a decades long period of time with increased tensions for global power and influence. The Race to Space gave many impressions on the political, economic, and social aspects of the Cold War.

The Space Race was an immense rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union beginning in the late 1950s. They fought over supremacy for space flight and technology, each side wanting to show the world their power and their capability to explore the unknown. They both created shuttles and rockets in hopes to prove their own worth, while also using this technology to spy on one another. Each country also needed public support and cooperation to back these projects for future advancements. Many political tensions between Democracy and its antagonistic counterpart, Communism, arose leading to new technological advancements, while the media began to publicize these advances worldwide, and beliefs like nationalism became implemented that would raise the importance of the space race to all.

In 1961, the United States of America was embroiled in the Cold War with the Soviet Union. This confrontation was taking place not only on land, sea and air, but in space as well. On May 25th, 1961 recently elected US President John F. Kennedy addressed a joint session of Congress, during which he outlined his now famous Man on the Moon challenge. It was through this ambitious dream that the creation of the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA) came about, which President Kennedy challenged to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade. Although he didn't live to see the achievement of his dreams, the United States successfully landed Astronauts Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin on the moon on July 20, 1969 and

The main competition that occured between them was the ideological or political differences. The United States supported democracy while the Soviet Union or USSR supported communism. They started competing each other on little things to see who can achieve better, then it all slowly expanded into competitions in space, and became known as the Space Race. Both rivals wanted dominance in the capability of spaceflight. The Cold War, which took place in years 1947-1991, was affected or impacted by the Space Race in many different ways.

However, the Soviets were still in the lead, achieving more and more firsts: the first dual man flight, the first woman in space, the first three man flight, and the first spacewalk. Many Americans were getting worried. They saw the Soviet Union as the enemy, and right now the enemy was winning. The Americans needed something big to bring them to the lead. On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy made the bold, public announcement that the US would land a man on the moon before the decade was

The Space Race was one of the biggest rivalries between America and the Soviet Union in the 1950’s to the 1970’s. The Space Race was part of something bigger, the Cold War. The Cold War was a time of political and military tension after World War 2, between different powers all over the world, but mainly between the U.S and the Soviet Russia. When people think of the Cold War, one of the many things that come to mind is the Space Race. In this essay I will write mainly about the Space Race and how both countries spent time and money building rockets and other devices. I will also talk about the steps it took to make it to the Moon. And lastly, the effects it had on American politics.

The race to space is a great part in history, well that is if you like space and the technology we have today; it was initiated in 1957 and ended 1969. The space race was a race with the Soviet Union, which at that time included Russia, Belarus, Ukraine and the Transcaucasion Federation, to see who could get higher achievements in space knowledge and to see who could get man into space first. The race to space was happening at the height of the Cold War. The Cold War was fought between the Eastern and Western Bloc of Germany. This made people in the United States worried because they didn’t want the Soviets to use the technology for military uses such as nuclear weapons. This thought spiked the fear of a nuclear war with the Soviets in America. Even with this how did the race to space affect the United States in other ways?

During the Cold War, political and military tension ensued between the United States and the Soviet Union. The rivalry lead to proxy wars, massive propaganda, and events like the Space Race. The Space Race, lasting from 1955 to 1972, was a technological competition between the United States and the Soviet Union for spaceflight discovery and capability. Both countries strived to construct spacecraft to execute a certain task, from a weather satellite to sending animals into space. Although frequently viewed as a leap in science and technology, the Space Race was a useless and selfish attempt for the United States or the Soviet Union to help prove themselves the most dominant technological superpower because of the high expenses and minimal benefits

When, in 1957, Sputnik was launched from the Russian state into the vast realm of space, beyond the confines of Earth, modernity entered an entirely new construct. The event marked not only an achievement for science and technology, but also for mankind as a whole. Sputnik served as the “first step toward escape from men’s imprisonment on Earth, modernity entered an entirely new context. The event marked not only an achievement for science and technology, but also for mankind as a whole. Sputnik served as the “first step toward escape from men’s imprisonment on Earth,” cultivating what man perceived as an entirely new sense of freedom. Under the guise of freedom from nature, however, modernity instead restricts the human capacity to participate in meaningful action therein creating a dependency upon technology and automation, leaving mankind bound by a newfound imprisonment.

This launch scared Americans, because this launch was during the cold war, and it seemed the soviets were going to win.

Last night us here at Astronomy Weekly were informed that the Soviets have officially launched the first manmade object into the cosmos on October 4th, 1957. This object has been named Sputnik. It is a silver sphere about the size of a beach ball with four long antenna sticking out and has a weight of about 183.9 pounds (NASA). The USSR definitely has made a large accomplishment for mankind but many Americans believe that this technology could be used to send ballistic missiles carrying nuclear weapons from Europe to the US. This is a major threat to the American people. Because of this a rumor has been spreading quickly that the US is already beginning a satellite program. Could we se a possible “space race” between the US and USSR because

In the late 1950's, the USSR launched its spacecraft, Sputnik, which indirectly spawned the Internet.

The years after World War II was a time of great scientific and technological advancements. With these advancements came great tension and rivalry between the United States and the former Union of Soviet Socialists Republic (USSR). The biggest rivalry between the two superpowers was the advancement in space technology. In 1952, the International Geophysical Year (IGY) was established in which scientists stated that in the time between July 1, 1957 and December 31, 1958, solar activity would be at a high point. The IGY made it so that both the US and the USSR became determined to be the first to reach space, and so the space race was born. During the space race, the USSR made many launches that were very advanced and superior to the US.

On October 4, 1957 the Soviet Union launched a satellite called Sputnik 1 into space. This marked the start of the space race. Americans were terrified of the chance of the Soviet’s sending missiles from space. However Dwight. D. Eisenhower was not scared and did not do much.