sputnik, national defense education act & nasa. world’s first artificial satellite- launched...
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World’s first artificial satellite- launched by Soviet’s
Traveled around the earth at 18,000 mph- TRIUMPH FOR SOVIET TECHNOLOGY!
Caused U.S. scientists to frantically work- First success on January 31, 1958
Significance of Sputnik
Raised funding for peoples education from $183,000,000 a year to $222,000,000 a year
Was a result of U.S. realizing we were falling behind the Soviet Union in terms of technology
Provided the country with special defense personnel by providing federal help to foreign language scholars, area study centers, and engineering students
Resulted in more U.S. students graduating and going to college and advancing in technology
National Defense Education Act
Home of the first people (Neil Armstrong) to set foot on the moon
First to conduct a lunar orbit with people on board
John Glenn was the only survivor of the Mercury Seven who wanted to be the worlds first astronauts
Alan Shepard was the second person to enter space and the only one from the Mercury Seven to walk on the moon
NASA!
U.S. and Soviets came out of WWII as adversaries
Much of the technology used in the space race came from military beginnings
At the end of the war, it was evident that the U.S. was the “technological giant” because we invented the first atom bomb
Some everyday things we use actually originated from the space race like:
Velcro, spandex, smoke detectors, ear thermometers, braces, cardiac pacemakers,
Fun Facts
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URL Links
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