1. Aim: Who Won the Space Race?
Do Now: When will we colonize Mars? Who will do it first? Who should do it first?

2. ICBMs can be used to launch nuclear warheads OR satellites into space.
August 26, 1957 USSR Successfully Tests Its 1st ICBM (Intercontinental Ballistic Missile)

3. Sputnik I Launched Oct 4, 1957
October 4, 1957 the USSR successfully launched Sputnik I, the world's first artificial satellite.

4. Sputnik II Launched November 3, 1957
November 3, 1957 Sputnik II was launched, carrying a dog named Laika.
“Although they had long insisted that Laika expired painlessly after about a week in orbit, an official with Moscow’s Institute for Biological Problems leaked the true story in 2002: She died within hours of takeoff from panic and overheating, according to the BBC. Sputnik 2 continued to orbit the Earth for five months, then burned up when it reentered the atmosphere in April 1958.”
Latson, Jennifer. “The Sad Story of Laika, the First Dog Launched Into Orbit”

5. July 1958, Congress passed the National Aeronautics and Space Act, which created NASA.

6. 1959 the USSR launched Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon
Explorer I and Luna 2
January 31, 1958, the US launched Explorer I, a satellite.
1959 the USSR launched Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon

7. April 1961 Vostok I
April 1961, Soviet Yuri Gagarin became the first person to orbit Earth, traveling in the capsule-like spacecraft Vostok 1.

8. May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard Became 1st American in Space
“On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space... There was just enough room for one person... On this flight, Shepard did not orbit Earth. He flew 116 miles high. Then he came back down. The flight lasted about 15 ½ minutes.”
The same month JFK Also Promised the US Will End a Man on the Moon Before the End of the Decade

9. February 1962, John Glenn became the 1st American to orbit Earth

10. Dec 1968 Apollo 8 Launched, 1st manned space mission to orbit the moon
The 'Earthrise' photo from Apollo 8. The crew entered lunar orbit on Christmas Eve, Dec. 24, That evening, the astronauts held a live broadcast, showing pictures of the Earth and moon as seen from their spacecraft. Credits: NASA
The Apollo 8 crew, from left, Jim Lovell, Bill Anders and Frank Borman.

11. July 16, 1969 Apollo 11 Mission Launched
July 16, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil Armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael Collins set off on the Apollo 11 space mission, the 1st lunar landing attempt. After landing successfully on July 20, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon’s surface; he famously called the moment “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind.”
“We choose to go to the moon. We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard… It is for these reasons that I regard the decision last year to shift our efforts in space from low to high gear as among the most important decisions that will be made during my incumbency in the office of the Presidency…”
JFK, September 12, 1962
Neil Armstrong on the Moon, 1966

12. Is the Space Race Still On?
NASA decommissioned its space shuttles in China, Japan, and India have growing space programs. Russia plans to land on the moon, asteroids, and then Mars. Independently owned companies like SpaceX are designing new space technologies “with the ultimate goal of enabling people to live on other planets” .

13. Impact of the Space Race
A renewed interest in math and science.
New technologies
Satellite TV
Integrated circuit (will lead to the microchip)
Smoke and carbon monoxide detectors
Joystick
Virtual reality
GPS
Freeze dried food

14. Should the US Increase NASA’s Budget Today?

15. Key Vocabulary
Alan Shephard Apollo 8 Apollo 11 Explorer I Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) John Glenn Luna 2 NASA Space Race Sputnik I Sputnik II Vostok I