SPUTNIK AND THE SPACE RACE.  Soviets test atomic bomb in 1949  Sets off an arms race  Technological advancement and competition SOVIET UNION TEST “JOE.

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SPUTNIK AND THE SPACE RACE

 Soviets test atomic bomb in 1949  Sets off an arms race  Technological advancement and competition SOVIET UNION TEST “JOE 1”

 Launched on October 4, 1957 by the Soviet Union  First artificial satellite  Used as propaganda SPUTNIK

 Generates fear nationwide  Fear of the “missile gap”  Inspired a generation of scientists, engineers, and astronauts  National Defense Education Act: emphasis on math and science IMPACT OF SPUTNIK

 Competition for supremacy in space exploration  Creation of NASA  Yuri Gagarin first man in space in 1961  Alan Shepard first American in space in 1961 THE SPACE RACE

“We choose to go to the Moon in this decade” – President John F. Kennedy APOLLO 11

 The height of American research and development, scientific advancement  International Space Station  Satellites, GPS, Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs)  Decline of NASA and American space programs LEGACY OF THE SPACE RACE