Gus Grissom

Frank Borman Frank Borman grew to fame as captain of the Apollo 8 mission, the first manned mission to the moon. But, his triumphant story doesn’t start there. Frank was born in 1928 in Gary, Indiana where his father owned a very successful garage business. But, because of the dampness that often came over the town, Frank would get constant colds and mastoid infections. So, his family left Gray, Indiana and headed for a more dry and warm place, Tucson, Arizona. Since he was a young boy Borman

“Happy Birthday!” It was October 2, 1957 and the day I became a teenager. I didn’t have much of a worry in the world and really only cared if the surf was up and whether my favorite song, “All Shook Up” by Elvis Presley would become a gold record. Little did I know, but it would be a day that would change my life and world. It would be infamously known as the day the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik. Looking back, I realize it not only scripted my mentality but America’s mentality for

This Day In April April 21st, 1998, almost 18 years ago, wasn’t the most eventful day in history. When researching this day, only one or two things caught my eye, one of which being that NASA had spotted a young solar system outside of ours (Today in History). It was on this day that this discovery had been released to the public. Since this information was released NASA technology has improved immensely. This will discuss how this particular solar system was discovered, also, how NASA’s technology

man into space, while America try to send rockets into space, but usually ends up in a explosion. Especially when America tried their first lunar module landing, Apollo 1, but sadly there was some technical difficulties, then there was a fire and Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee sadly died in that fire. That was the point in the “Space Race” where it looked like America lost. John F. Kennedy speech though continue to motivate NASA and America to not give up and continue the dream of landing

on the Moon. He used this as a tool to subtly announce the US’s superiority of the Cold War enemies. It took 11 years to carry out. It took $25.4 billion dollars to achieve. This withstood challenges including lives of Roger B. Chaffee, Virgil "Gus" Grissom, and Edward H. White Jr. Jr. after a fire that took place in the Apollo capsule (January 27, 1967). October 1968 they launched different Apollo missions such as Apollo 7 (orbit earth) and Apollo 8 (orbit moon). July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong steps

Later in his life he received many other degrees, among them Honorary Doctorates of Science and Humanities. In April of 1959, NASA recruited Shepard as one of the Mercury Seven. A few of his contemporaries at NASA were Deke Slayton, John Glenn, and Gus Grissom. They trained for two years and Shepard was chosen to be the first American in space. However, he would not be the first in history since Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut, had already made it to space a few weeks earlier. On May 5, 1961, Shepard

On January 27, 1967 Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in an accidental fire in a command module on the launch pad.On April 24, 1967 Cosmonaut Vladimir M. Komarov was killed in a crash when the parachute on his Soyuz 1 spacecraft failed to deploy. In 1986, the

A fight between two nations, not with guns, but intelligence, a race to the stars, as the world watches with bated breaths, but was it worth the countless resources? In 1957 the space race ignited between the United States and the Soviet Union, however, the United States should not have joined this battle which cost them in funds, resources, and lives that would be more effectively utilized towards the betterment of their nation. The Space Race attempts to prove itself noteworthy, but it’s negative

When people talk about the events in the space race, the first thing they often talk about is Neil Armstrong being the first man to walk on the moon. While Neil Armstrong played a big part in the race to the moon, there are many other people who contributed to the great space race. Many people do not know who the major people involved in the space race were, what the race was trying to accomplish, why it happened, and when this historical event took place in American history. Dwight D. Eisenhower

Introduction After the ending of the second World War a new conflict had commenced: the Cold War. This ideological competition placed two superpowers against each other, the capitalist United States and the communist Soviet Union. This signalled a transformation of a new age. For the United States government, small increments of legislation, military power and the implementation of a new space agency into the political-economic system were placed. Space exploration was targeted for the political