1. Space Race

2. Chronology of Space Race Events Russia launch 1 st satellite, Sputnik, 1957. Russia sends 1 st man, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space United States creates Space Program Project Mercury - Alan B. Sheppard 1 st US to go into space; John Glenn 1 st US to orbit Earth Project Gemini- 2 space crafts link in space Project Apollo- 1 st person on moon, Neil Armstrong

3. Websites http://www.nasa.gov/externalflash/SpaceAge/ Why was NASA formed? http://www.eisenhowerbirthplace.org/legacy/ike000 4.htm http://www.eisenhowerbirthplace.org/legacy/ike000 4.htm Timeline for the “space race” http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/exhibits/d ateline_moon/space.htm http://www.newseum.org/cybernewseum/exhibits/d ateline_moon/space.htm Summary of 3 phases of U.S. space program http://www.thespacerace.com/ http://www.thespacerace.com/

4. Satellite- orbits Earth Probe- into deep space; sends info to Earth; never returns Space station- space apartment – Mir – Skylab Shuttle- reusable spacecraft used to transport people, products

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