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Fun Facts
by MJ0987
The Apollo 11 landing almost failed 7 times https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8IuSutVJc3o
02. Sputnik II was launched 1 month after Sputnik I was launched, in November, carrying a dog named Laika.
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Laika dies after a few hours from overheating
04. “Orbiting Earth in the spaceship, I saw how beautiful our planet is. People, let us preserve and increase this beauty, not destroy it!” - Yuri Gagarin
05. From 1960 to 1972 in a reconnaissance project code-named Corona, the United States routinely photographed the Soviet Union from space
The Russians called their space pilots cosmonauts which means "sailors of the universe". American called them astronauts which means "star sailors”
The US would likely have had the first satellite in orbit if they had been allowed to use military rockets from the start. However, Eisenhower was worried he would be called a warmonger if he used military rockets for space. He told the scientists they must use research rockets instead
Both the US and USSR got lots of help from Germany
A member of the Democratic Party, Glenn was first elected to the Senate in 1974 and served for 24 years, until January 1999
The moon smells really bad
https://docs.google.com/ forms/d/e/1FAIpQLSdbruhH 5MTeDMGWzkwb2AxkkMCOJ UCTqJVp_lFcrHSi1tIJ_g/vie wform?usp=pp_url
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01. What does this document tell us about the morale of Americans after the Russians launched Sputnik? Explain.
02. Why do you think this cartoon was created? What is it criticizing or praising?
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03. What does this illustrate about the American Spirit and what influenced the creation of this image?
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04. Who do the people in the image represent? What does the cartoon suggest about the relationship between the two?
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05. What does this document show about the funding of the space race and the economic needs during that time?
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06. What does this document show about America's priorities at that time period?
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07. To what extent did the "race to space" from 1957-1969 reflect political, social, and economic aspects of the Cold War?
08. What does this document suggest about the impact The Space Race had on the economic budget towards NASA. Explain how the budget was before and after the Space Race
09. How does this political cartoon reflect American point of view in relation to the Soviet Union and India?
10. What does this cartoon suggest about American public’s concern and how it ignited American desires in the Space Race?
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=VK3FEEfcLxw&list=PLDqc8t6GlTabCsNmEsJK90 TPvlkOWfIDJ&index=14
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=btm0uybciPA&list=PLDqc8t6GlTabCsNmEsJK90T PvlkOWfIDJ&index=5
12. Using evidence from the video, explain 1 way how the space race affected discrimination. Secondary
