TheSpaceRacePowerPoint
... of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) which could deliver a nuclear weapon from the nation's soil to its enemy's cities and military bases. ...
... of the Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) which could deliver a nuclear weapon from the nation's soil to its enemy's cities and military bases. ...
The Cold War: 1950s Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy began
... Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy began communist witch hunt in the early 1950s; he attempted to identify US citizens sympathetic to communism; The Rosenbergs were accused of spying for the Soviets in 1953 and were executed Domino Theory: President Eisenhower’s belief that if one nation in Asia fal ...
... Red Scare: Senator Joseph McCarthy began communist witch hunt in the early 1950s; he attempted to identify US citizens sympathetic to communism; The Rosenbergs were accused of spying for the Soviets in 1953 and were executed Domino Theory: President Eisenhower’s belief that if one nation in Asia fal ...
Sputnik and the Space Race
... Earth in an elliptical path once every 96 minutes for several months until it disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. On the surface, Sputnik was a scientific accomplishment that advanced space exploration to an exciting new level. A closer look at Sputnik, however, reveals that the sate ...
... Earth in an elliptical path once every 96 minutes for several months until it disintegrated upon reentry into Earth's atmosphere. On the surface, Sputnik was a scientific accomplishment that advanced space exploration to an exciting new level. A closer look at Sputnik, however, reveals that the sate ...
Spread of The cold War
... Facts on Sputnik •Aluminum sphere, 23 inches in diameter weighing 184 pounds with four steel antennae emitting radio signals. •Launched Oct. 4, 1957 •Stayed in orbit 92 days, until Jan. 4, 1958 ...
... Facts on Sputnik •Aluminum sphere, 23 inches in diameter weighing 184 pounds with four steel antennae emitting radio signals. •Launched Oct. 4, 1957 •Stayed in orbit 92 days, until Jan. 4, 1958 ...
Spread of The cold War
... Facts on Sputnik •Aluminum sphere, 23 inches in diameter weighing 184 pounds with four steel antennae emitting radio signals. •Launched Oct. 4, 1957 •Stayed in orbit 92 days, until Jan. 4, 1958 ...
... Facts on Sputnik •Aluminum sphere, 23 inches in diameter weighing 184 pounds with four steel antennae emitting radio signals. •Launched Oct. 4, 1957 •Stayed in orbit 92 days, until Jan. 4, 1958 ...
Time Machine (1957): Sputnik
... Scientists have dreamed of sending satellites into space for many years. Hermann Oberth is one of the first rocket scientists. He was the first to work on satellites in a serious way. In 1923, he proposed a manned space station from which scientists could ...
... Scientists have dreamed of sending satellites into space for many years. Hermann Oberth is one of the first rocket scientists. He was the first to work on satellites in a serious way. In 1923, he proposed a manned space station from which scientists could ...
The Launching of Sputnik On Friday, 4 October 1957 Walter Sullivan
... definitions of time was "Space Age." With the launch of Sputnik 1, the Space Age had been born and the world would be different ever after. Sputnik 1, launched on 4 October 1957 from the Soviet Union's rocket testing facility in the desert near Tyuratam in the Kazakh Republic, proved a decidedly uns ...
... definitions of time was "Space Age." With the launch of Sputnik 1, the Space Age had been born and the world would be different ever after. Sputnik 1, launched on 4 October 1957 from the Soviet Union's rocket testing facility in the desert near Tyuratam in the Kazakh Republic, proved a decidedly uns ...
Sputnik, 1957
... technological successes. Few in the United States had anticipated it, and even those who did were not aware of just how impressive it would be. At 184 pounds, the Russian satellite was much heavier than anything the United States was developing at the time, and its successful launch was quickly foll ...
... technological successes. Few in the United States had anticipated it, and even those who did were not aware of just how impressive it would be. At 184 pounds, the Russian satellite was much heavier than anything the United States was developing at the time, and its successful launch was quickly foll ...
Sputnik 1
Sputnik 1 (/ˈspʌtnɪk/; Russian: Спутник-1 [ˈsputnʲɪk] ""Satellite-1"", or ПС-1 [""PS-1"", i.e. Russian: Простейший Спутник-1 ""Elementary Satellite 1""]) was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957. It was a 58 cm (23 in) diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennas to broadcast radio pulses. It was visible all around the Earth and its radio pulses were detectable. This surprise 1957 success precipitated the American Sputnik crisis and triggered the Space Race, a part of the larger Cold War. The launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments.Sputnik itself provided scientists with valuable information. The density of the upper atmosphere could be deduced from its drag on the orbit, and the propagation of its radio signals gave information about the ionosphere.Sputnik 1 was launched during the International Geophysical Year from Site No.1/5, at the 5th Tyuratam range, in Kazakh SSR (now at the Baikonur Cosmodrome). The satellite travelled at about 29,000 kilometres per hour (18,000 mph; 8,100 m/s), taking 96.2 minutes to complete each orbit. It transmitted on 20.005 and 40.002 MHz which were monitored by amateur radio operators throughout the world. The signals continued for 21 days until the transmitter batteries ran out on 26 October 1957. Sputnik 1 burned up on 4 January 1958, as it fell from orbit upon reentering Earth's atmosphere, after travelling about 70 million km (43.5 million miles) and spending 3 months in orbit.