https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky . en-us 2017-05-19 15:27:45 UTC 2024-12-16 18:28:37 UTC hello@padlet.com sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172836134 The Space Race began on August 2, 1955 during the Cold War.]]> 2017-05-19 15:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172836134 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172838447 The first satellite to go to space was made by the Soviet Union. It was Sputnik 1.]]> 2017-05-19 15:54:11 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172838447 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172838990 The 2 competitors in the space race were the United States led by JFK and the Soviet Union led by  Nikita Khrushchev]]> 2017-05-19 15:56:36 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/172838990 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173169821 Russia joined the race 4 days after the US announced their goal to reach space]]> 2017-05-22 15:13:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173169821 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173170789 Many Americans feared that with the Sputnik satellite in orbit, Russia would have the ability to spy on the US ]]> 2017-05-22 15:16:09 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173170789 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173172363 4 months after the Sputnik satellite was launched, the US successfully launched their satellite Explorer 1.]]> 2017-05-22 15:21:01 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173172363 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173173900 Russia launched multiple probes to the moon but most failed. Eventually Luna 3 successfully made it to the moon.]]> 2017-05-22 15:25:58 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173173900 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173174313 The US also had multiple failed launches with their probes but eventually Ranger 7 made it to the moon.]]> 2017-05-22 15:27:23 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173174313 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173175137 In 1961 cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin successfully did one orbit around earth and landed by parachute.]]> 2017-05-22 15:30:31 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173175137 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173175640 In 1969 the US successfully landed a manned trip to the Moon. Buzz Aldarin and Neil Armstrong were the first humans on the moon.]]> 2017-05-22 15:32:03 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173175640 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173179174 "We chose to go to the moon" - JFK]]> 2017-05-22 15:44:16 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173179174 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173179959 "There is no such thing as an unsolvable problem" - Sergie Korolev]]> 2017-05-22 15:46:38 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173179959 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173181226 2017-05-22 15:51:19 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173181226 sean_carey https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173181671 2017-05-22 15:52:59 UTC https://padlet.com/sean_carey/1cmpmw49ecky/wish/173181671