Compare And Contrast Laika And Sputnik

The first unmanned satellite called “Sputnik 1” launched and sent to the space by Soviet Union in 1957.

The world has experienced very many huge moments, such big moments in which sometimes you don’t think it’s really happening. October 4, 1957, was one of those days. Because that was the day the world changed forever and there was no turning back. It was the day of the Sputnik launch. Sputnik was a Soviet satellite that orbited in the earth’s rotation 500 miles above the earth and traveling at about 18,000 mph. It took approximately 98 minutes for it to rotate the earth which meant it passed the United States seven times a day. It looked like it was from a whole another world or out of a movie or a fantasy story. It consisted of a ball with four stem like structures coming out and pointing down at the ground. The ball like structure

Adding on, it was launched into Earth's orbit on October 4th, 1957 at 7:28 P.M. It was a small Satellite that weighed 184 pounds. As well as, the Sputnik completed 1440 orbits around the Earth, it was launched at "Gagarin's start." The Sputnik was pretty much a size of a Beach Ball and the whole purpose of the Sputnik was to beat the U.S. into Space. To finalize this paragraph, the launch of the Sputnik sparked only the beginning of the Space Race, the (USSR v.

On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched Sputnik, a small satellite, successfully into orbit, and the Space Race truly

Following Sputnik 1, the USSR was able to launch another satellite, Sputnik 2. However this one was different, this one was carrying a dog named Laika. Laika became the very first animal in space, and the very first animal to orbit Earth. Not only did the Soviets beat America with the fist artificial satellite, but they had also achieved putting the first living being into orbit, before the Americans even got off the ground.

Russia launched Sputnik, a satellite to orbit the earth, into outer space on October 4th, 1957. With tensions already running high in the Cold War, Americans panicked at the thought of the Russians building space and nuclear energy, fearing it could be used on them. The conflict now called the Space Race resulted in Americans creating NASA and pushing the sciences in school.

After World War II drew to a close in the mid-20th century, a new conflict began. Known as the Cold War, this battle involved the two world’s greatest powers the democratic and capitalist United States against the communist Soviet Union. Beginning later in the 1950s, space would eventually become another very dramatic arena for competition between the U.S and U.S.S.R, each side looked to prove the superiority of their own technology, along with its military firepower and of course their political-economic systems. Sputnik, name of the first of several artificial satellites launched by the Soviet Union from 1957 to 1961. Successfully launched and entered Earth 's orbit. Thus, beginning the space age. The successful launch shocked the

The objectives of Sputnik were to “provide information on the density of the atmosphere by calculating its lifetime in orbit, test radio and optical methods of orbital tracking, determine the effects of radio wave propagation through the atmosphere, and check principles of pressurization used on the satellites” (NASA Content Administrator). Putting the first human-made object in space, the Soviets contribution shocked the world especially Americans. Fearful of Soviet military control of space, Americans launched their first satellite called the Explorer I, which measured the radiation environment in Earth orbit, after four months from Sputnik’s I launch (Loff, Sarah). The Soviets won or led the race again by putting the first man in space. Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin was the first person to orbit earth on April 1961, traveling in a spacecraft called Vostok I(The Cold War Museum).

Sputnik I was a man-made object the former Soviet Union successfully launched into space on October 4th, 1957. The beach ball sized satellite surprised the world, because it was the first artificial satellite to reach space, and the Soviet Union was very humbly proud. This launched the space race. The United States wanted to prove superiority over the Soviet Union in every aspect, so shortly after the launch, Washington announced plans to send a United States satellite into space. However, during the early years of the space race, a little over 50% of Americans did not support it.

The Soviets wanted to study the earth’s atmosphere, the behavior of animals in space, and the testing of rocket technology. Russia launched Sputnik 1, which carried a dog, into space. This helped to understand how humans might react in space and through the reentry process. The United States was urged to invest more of their money and resources into its space program, generating a race between the two countries to land a person on the moon. The whole race started on October 4, 1957, when the first Sputnik was launched. This satellite weighed about 184 pounds and the official name of it was "Iskustvennyi Sputnik Zemli" (1). Which meant "fellow world traveler of the earth". To counteract the United States’ launch of the Explorer 1, a satellite that included a rocket motor, the Russian’s responded with Sputnik 3 on May 15, 1958. The first three Sputnik satellites all carried instruments to measure the temperature and density of the earth’s upper atmosphere. Solar energy was used for the first time by Sputnik 3 to power its instruments and transmitters.

Lastly, Golding also illustrates the organization and professions the workmen who construct the spire accurately. Roger Mason is at the head of the construction for the spire. He is a medieval master builder, someone who was highly skilled and overlooked most of the construction (“Medieval Mason”). They were responsible for designing the plan and then ordering his workmen to complete the jobs. Some professions of the workmen required certain skills, while others require physical strength. An important job in the construction that demanded superb skill was the master stonemason. Stonemasons were part of a guild, and would have to work his way up from an apprentice to a master mason by working on building sites and learning useful stone masonry

During the Cold War, the rivals--the United States and the Soviet Union--were in what seemed like a competition to determine who had the most advanced technology. This was because that country will be seen as the strongest and the biggest threat to the other. The space race really began officially on October 4, 1957, when the Soviet Union launched Sputnik I, which was the first artificial satellite ever to be launched in space. This was seen as a danger to the United States, because it meant that the Soviet Union was possible capable of doing other things, possibly against the US. Then the Soviets launched Sputnik II, but this time it had a passenger, a dog named Laika. Though this mission was a failure because poor Laika died within hours

Imagine…you are at the school cafeteria eating lunch with your friends and a green person comes toward the table and asks if the green person can sit with you. All of a sudden, everyone in the cafeteria turns to look at your table, trying to find out if you and your friends will let the green person, who is rumored to be an alien who eats green crayons, eat lunch at your table. You were about to let the green person join you when your friends start talking about how there is no way they are letting any green people eat with them because of their “reputation.” They strongly reject the green person, who leaves silently and embarrassed, while everyone in the cafeteria resumes eating. Because of the system of high school, you agree with your friends. However, deep down you know your decision is wrong. This event depicts prejudice through discrimination. The green person was discriminated because of their skin color, silly rumors, and no reasonable purpose. The novel To Kill A Mockingbird, by Harper Lee, depicts that the undercurrent of prejudice that reigns through Maycomb influences the crucial events in the story. Lee illustrates that prejudice results in discrimination and how it is inescapable.

On October 4th, 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first ever satellite, Sputnik. The launch of Sputnik sent the United States into a frenzy, beginning the Space Race, and the innovation of technology as a whole. The Space Race most importantly had a major impact on the evolution of the United States’s defense technologies through the launch of Sputnik. The Space Race sparked the United States battle for technological superiority against the USSR, and lead to improvizations in their satellite and satellite defense technologies.

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