Cold War- Space Race by Alexis Schaefer https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz en-us 2022-04-07 15:18:39 UTC 2022-04-07 16:05:40 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet.net/icons/png/1f680.png Define what the Space Race was. 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134808718 The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight.]]> 2022-04-07 15:20:22 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134808718 What was the significance of Sputnik? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134813479 On October 4, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik-1. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States, who had hoped that the United States would accomplish this scientific advancement first.]]> 2022-04-07 15:23:01 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134813479 What country would be the first to actually reach space and what accomplished for them? How did this continue to create competition? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134815415 The Soviet Union was the first to reach space with the US shortly after. Aboard the Vostok 1, Yuri Gagarin makes a single orbit around the Earth and becomes the first man to reach space. This continues to create competition because now they wanted to be the first to land a man in space. ]]> 2022-04-07 15:23:50 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134815415 What agency was created in the US and how was it dedicated to the space journey? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134817294 National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), an independent U.S. governmental agency established in 1958 for the research and development of vehicles and activities for the exploration of space within and outside Earth's atmosphere.]]> 2022-04-07 15:24:50 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134817294 Who won the space race? How? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134818957 With the moon landing on July 20, 1969, America effectively “won” the space race that began with Sputnik's launch 12 years earlier.]]> 2022-04-07 15:25:40 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134818957 What 3 comparisons could be made in technology in the present to the impact made by the space race? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134822681 3 comparisons could be made in technology in the present to the impact made the space race are being successful, working hard and trying to be the best. 


]]> 2022-04-07 15:27:40 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134822681 What are 3 ways the space race created competition between the US and USSR? 25schaefera https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134823169 They wanted to be the first on the moon. This was a very big way to create competition because the wanted the bragging rights and wanted to be the more successful country. The second way the space race created competition between the US and the USSR was that the first to get the most technological advances. Having the title of being the first to space showed who was the more powerful country. The final way that the space race created competition between the US and the USSR was the money. There was a lot of money involved and it each country wanted the money. ]]> 2022-04-07 15:27:57 UTC https://padlet.com/25schaefera/bw1ulx15jg69ecwz/wish/2134823169