Progression Of Technology

From the start of the Space Race, the Soviet Union had the United States beat by sending the first satellite, the Sputnik, and the first man, Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin, into space. However, President Kennedy would not stand by as the Soviet Union began to run away with the space race. Kennedy addressed the nation by consulting Congress to “increase NASA’s budget by nine billion dollars”(Cox). This bold move made by Kennedy enabled the United States to make it to the moon first. Going to the moon first was a much higher feat than simply going into space because it required much more “precision while launching and higher equipped technology to go the extra distance”(Exploring Space). Due to the extra skill required to go to the moon, it showed how by the end of the Space Race the United States had superior technology. Since the Cold War was a fight for Global Power, going to the moon was a significant move for the United States because it showed that they had exceptional machinery. With this admirable technology, it solidified the United States’s reputation as a Global

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.

Sputnik was also called the “a technological Pearl Harbor” and it was, “a big blow against American prestige” (Wall). A short month later, Sputnik 2 was launched. American then made its move with Explorer 1 on January 31, 1958. For example, “ Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt” (The Space Race Timeline). The Soviet Union responded with Luna 1. Luna 1 “was the first man made object to orbit the sun” (The Space Race Timeline). The US and the USSR have both made several accomplishments. Eventually, the United States ended the battle with one fatal blow. Putting a man on the moon and returning him safely back to Earth. The moon landing took place on July 20, 1969. The first man to walk on the moon was Neil Armstrong. Second was Edwin Aldrin. The moon landing ultimately ended the Space Race with American at the top. For example, “Most people agree that the space race ended on July 20, 1969, when Neil Armstrong stepped onto the moon for the first time” (Conger). All together, the United States of America ended up winning the Space Race. As you can see, both The US and the USSR had many

In 1957, the Soviet Union launched the satellite Sputnik, and the space race was on. The Soviet’s triumph jarred the American people and sparked a vigorous response in the federal government to make sure the United States did not fall behind its communist rival.

The cold war served as a catalyst for the Space Race. The United States and the Soviet Union ran neck and neck to launch their way into Earth’s orbit. The launching of Sputnik 1 by the Soviet Union placed them in the lead of the race. No sooner than a decade later, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin landed on the moon, making it one of mankind’s greatest accomplishments. The Apollo program (source B) opened up the vault of a billions of dollars investment.

The Space Race started with Sputnik I, the first man made satellite in space which was launched by the Soviet Union in 1957. “The US felt mostly betrayed because the Russians did it without telling them; immediately the US responded by speeding up its own space program” (Kelly n.p). The Americans were afraid that, with that accomplishment the Russians had made, people would start believing communism was better than democracy after

The United States responded after putting all the money into NASA by getting Explorer 1 into space. The USSR lead most of the space race by beating the United States by putting the first satellite, First living thing, and the first human in space. The United States was the first to land on the moon. This was a big accomplishment for the United States because the were losing at every other part of the Space race and for them to be the first into space was a huge

The news came as an ugly surprise to the Americans, who were not expecting the Soviets to beat them to space, but the United States responded quickly with a project of their own. Less than a year after Sputnik’s launch into space the US launched their own satellite, Explorer 1 into the atmosphere. Later that year, on the 29th of July, president Eisenhower signed off on the creation of National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA. For the years following the launch of Explorer 1 the Soviets and Americans would send many satellites and probes into space, each more impressive than the last. On May 25th, 1962, President John F. Kennedy addressed congress, attempting to boost the funding for NASA.

(Wikimedia Foundation, 2008) Over two and a half million years ago primitive humanoids began using stones and rocks to butcher dead animals, to date, this was the first known use of technology on earth. Since that time, both we human beings and our technology have evolved. Over the course of history, technology has evolved from stone flakes to a world of space travel and super-computers. The increased availability to information could lead to the development to several necessary and desired advancements in technology over the next ten years that could affect El Arco and the world as well.

In 1965, NASA’s annual budget was $5.2 billion; this money was spent to heat up the Space Race (“Project Apollo”). The Space Race and its competitive nature is best illustrated in this passage from John F. Kennedy’s Address at Rice University on the nation's space effort, “We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard, because that goal will serve to organize and measure the best of our energies and skills, because that challenge is one that we are willing to accept, one we are unwilling to postpone, and one which we intend to win, and the others, too” (“John F. Kennedy”). The launch of the Soviet satellite, Sputnik 1, was the event that began the Space Race (The First 13). It was launched on October 4, 1957 (Taylor, Roberts, and Bullock 2451; “The Space Race”). This metallic sphere created the panic of the Sputnik Crisis and the missile gap (Commager 628; Taylor, Roberts, and Bullock 2451; The First 13). Two products of the Sputnik Crisis were the National Defense Education Act and the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (“A Brief;” Apollo to the moon 19-20; The First 25). From that point on, the race was on. Although the Soviet Union had a head start in the Space Race, the United States caught up with and surpassed them because of their advanced education system, the German engineers, technology from the Second World War, and their different types of government and economic systems.

Likewise, it was during the Cold War that the United States of America and the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics started an event known as the ‘Space Race.’ Each country would fight for the “superiority of its technology, its military firepower and (by extension) its political-economic system.” (The Space Race) Guided by an intercontinental ballistic missile, the USSR launched the first man-made satellite Sputnik into the orbit of the Earth’s atmosphere on October 4, 1957. The United States was astounded by the demonstration of Soviet missile power and technology, and caused the United States to compare the launch to possible undiscovered nuclear warheads that may had been produced by Soviet intelligence. (Space Race)

"That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."- Neil Armstrong. On October 4, 1957, 7:28 PM life changed in the United States and Russia because of the launch of sputnik the first man-made object to orbit the earth. The space race wasn't just a race to space, but a Continuum of the Cold War and a competition to see who the better country was really was. The US always felt that their technology exceeded everyone else’s, but on the day of October 4, they were proven wrong; the Soviets were on top. The launch of Sputnik was a huge success, but Dwight Eisenhower would try to downplay it to avoid accepting defeat. The United States would put 400,000 people to work on the project. This is the first time the US had embarked on such on

The Soviets began quickly on creating new technology as a way to show their military power. On October 4, 1957 they successfully launched a satellite called Sputnik Ⅰ, it was about the size of a beach ball, and became the first satellite to orbit the earth. Soon after Sputnik Ⅰ, Sputnik Ⅱ was launched in November 3, 1957, this is considered the first time life from earth went into space because in that shuttle a dog named Laika boarded. After two successful launches from the Soviets United States became a little frightened, they came to the conclusion that if the Soviet Union had the ability to launch a satellite they could also launch a nuclear missile. Since this era was during the Cold War the thought of the Soviets having greater military power frightened the United States. As a result in January 1958 the United states decided to launch their first satellite called Explorer Ⅰ. Explorer Ⅰ carried scientific equipment that then led to that discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt, but this launch was not enough. After many more satellites being sent to space and the Soviets setting many records such as the first dual man flight, the first space walk, and the first women in space, the United States decided that they needed to go above and beyond just sending a satellite to space to be able to prove that they were

The space race began during the Cold War in 1957, when the USSR launched Sputnik 1, an artificial satellite that orbited the earth for 21 days (M​intz)​. The USA tried to launch a satellite as well and failed. They eventually were able to launch their first satellite, Explorer 1, four months later. The USSR launched the first manned spaceship into orbit in 1961, with Yuri Gagarin, and five years later they were the first to land an unmanned vehicle on the moon. America felt vulnerable because they had always thought of themselves as ahead in technology so JFK made the announcement that they would be the first to land a man on the Moon, launching the Apollo program. The Gemini program was

Did you know that the Soviet Union was the first to launch something outside of Earth’s orbit? In the 1960’s, the Soviet Union speed up the advancement of space science, faster than the United States ever could, during the Space Race. First of all, they were the first to start the Space Race and continually kept going onward to try new concepts and/or more concepts. On the other hand, the Soviet Union were more focused on witnessing who’s better. Finally, the Soviet Union were the ones who sent multiple of inventions into space, but still had a bunch of trial and error and learned what worked and what didn’t work.