https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l The Space Race en-us 2019-01-24 02:25:16 UTC 2026-03-19 00:24:35 UTC hello@padlet.com https://padlet-assets.s3.amazonaws.com/icons/Rocket.png cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323756113 Oct 4, 1957, Sputnik 1 was launched, which was the world’s first artificial satellite as well as the first man-made object sent into the Earth’s orbit. ]]> 2019-01-24 02:55:09 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323756113 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323756711 Shortly after the Soviet Union launched their satellite into orbit the Explorer 1 was launched. It was the first U.S. satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. It was launched
Jan 31, 1958.]]> 2019-01-24 02:59:12 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323756711 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323757956 April 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first person to successfully orbit earth in the spacecraft Vostok I.]]> 2019-01-24 03:07:52 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323757956 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323758030 Project Mercury was the US's first attempt to send man into space and complete an orbit, NASA engineers designed a small,
cone-shaped capsule which was far lighter than Vostok. May 5, astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space even though he did not complete orbit. The US did not have a successful launch until Feb 20, 1962 when John Glenn became the first American  to orbit the Earth on the Friendship 7 spacecraft. ]]> 2019-01-24 03:08:21 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323758030 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323761894 NASA designed the Gemini capsule for this program, in design it was very similar to the capsule used for the Mercury missions but it was bigger than the Mercury capsule. It was able to hold 2 people rather than the original design of only 1 person, hence the name Gemini which was an astrological sign essentially meaning twin or 2. It had also improved on design in that it could change the way in which it orbited rather than the previous design that could only be rotated while keeping the constant direction it orbited.

 The Gemini capsule flew on a Titan II rocket,originally being a missile they had to make adjustments making it possible to carry people. Before any astronauts flew on it, it launched without a crew in order to test and document its safety. ]]> 2019-01-24 03:34:51 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323761894 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323763177 The first flight to carry astronauts was Gemini-Titan 3. The following mission,Gemini 4, included the first U.S. spacewalk, Gemini 5  made way as it showed it could last in orbit for more than a week, Gemini 6A and 7 missions were in space at the same time and met each other whilst in orbit, Gemini 8 connected with another unmanned spacecraft in orbit, Gemini 9 mission then tested different ways of flying near another spacecraft as well as including spacewalk, Gemini 10 finally connected with another spacecraft and used its engines to transport both vehicles, Gemini 11 mission flew higher than any NASA mission prior and the final mission, Gemini 12, touched up and helped to resolve problems from all earlier spacewalks.]]> 2019-01-24 03:43:34 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323763177 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323765323 The launch of Apollo 8 took place at NASA’s massive launch facility on Merritt Island which is near Cape Canaveral,Florida in
Dec, 1968 and carried out the first manned space mission to orbit the moon. July 16, 1969 Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin-nicknamed Buzz- and Micheal Collins began the american set mission on the Apollo 11 space craft. This was the first lunar landing attempt. They successfully landed July 20, making Armstrong the first man to walk on the moon’s surface]]> 2019-01-24 03:59:22 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323765323 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323767258 The Soviets had made four failed attempts to launch for a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972.These attempts concluded with a spectacular launch-pad explosion in July, 1969.]]> 2019-01-24 04:14:17 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323767258 cpryke0894 https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323767473 America was loosing the race by a long shot until the launch of the Gemini program as well as the Apollo program. The soviets had launched their satellite and sent a man into orbit before America but in the end failed to land on the moon.America pulled through in the end going down in history as the first nation to meet the moon.]]> 2019-01-24 04:16:15 UTC https://padlet.com/cpryke0894/t33ukxt5cv8l/wish/323767473