Wally Schirra

The Space Race; a period in time, more than a two decades of space exploration. Its competitors, USA vs USSR. Its length consisting of no more than 12 years yet giving increased knowledge of flight and the sky and space above it. It consisted of more than thirty overall successful launches and through each abysmal failure brought new success. The launches increased the overall knowledge of space and brought new ideas and questions into peoples minds. Sci-Fi sprung up from the ideas that the events

eligible for space exploration. As told, “by late January 1959, a list of 324 eligible men had developed.” Of those three hundred twenty-four candidates, seven were selected to go to space. Gus Grissim, Deke Slayton, John Glenn, Gordo Cooper, Wally Schirra, Scott Carpenter, and James Lovell would soon become known as the Original Seven. Likewise, during the course of this event, the Soviet Union Space Program began working on a new rocket called Lunik 1. Yet, unlike the plans for Sputnik 1 and 2

Postmodern social construct: Gender role issues for men in Television Even though the reappearance of gendered storylines and images in media has helped to shape these cultural standards around what it means to be a man or a woman, Masculinity and femininity are the terms most often used to classify a set of characteristics, values, and significance related to gender. Since Television is the most prevalent form of media, it influences both how we see ourselves and each other in some form or scope

Sally Kristen Ride broke barriers. Independent and outgoing are two words that described her from day one. When opportunities came to her she took them and always tried her hardest. These characteristics of hers really defined her as a person. The science and women’s rights world have both been affected by her. She showed them both that a woman can do just as much as a man. Today, her works are honored by both worlds. On May 26, 1951 Sally was born to the great state of California. Joyce Ride and

From 1947 to 1991 the United States was in a war with Russia known as the Cold War. The war is called this because there was no fighting involved. In the middle of the Cold War from 1961 to 1969 the United States and the Soviet Union competed in what is known as The Space Race. The Space Race was a competition during the Cold War to see who can get to the moon first. In 1961 John F. Kennedy challenged the nation to make it to the moon by the end of the decade, which thus started the space race. The

The Space Race was a war of firsts between the United States of America and the Union Soviet Socialist Republics. But it was also the culmination of the dreams of man for many millennia and the team who worked on the space programs were able to discover what so many of the people that came before and after them could only dream of. It was an endeavor that all of humanity was invested in at the time. It was a testament to the power of the human spirit and it showed how nothing was impossible if we