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Copyright 2013 Michael Lee Round
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This is still a huge work-in-progress.
Center forauto SOCRATIC EXCELLENCE
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Origins of the Space-Race
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WERNHER VON BRAUN
1912-1977
Rocket Scientist
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INTERNATIONAL GEOPHYSICAL YEAR
encompassed eleven Earth sciences
aurora and airglow
cosmic rays
geomagnetism
gravity
ionospheric physics
longitude and latitude determinations
meteorology
oceanography
seismology
solar activity
significant achievements of the IGY
- the first successful artificial satellite
- discovery of the Van Allen radiation belts
- discovery of mid-ocean submarine ridges (an
important confirmation of plate tectonics)
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The Space-Race
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SPUTNIK
October 4, 1957
First Artificial Earth Satellite
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SERGEY KOROLYOV
1907-1966
Soviet Rocket Scientist
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EXPLORER 1
January 31, 1958
First USA Artificial Earth Satellite
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VOSTOK 1
First Man in Space
April 12, 1961
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YURI GAGARIN
1934-1969
Soviet Cosmonaut
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What is Space?
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FREEDOM 7: Mercury Project
First American in Sub-Orbit
May 5, 1961
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ALAN SHEPARD
1923-1998
American Astronaut
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FRIENDSHIP 7: Mercury Project
First American in Orbit
February 20, 1962
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JOHN GLENN
1921- (still living)
American Astronaut
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APOLLO 11: Apollo Project
First Moon Landing
July 19, 1969
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NEIL ARMSTRONG
1930 - 2012
American Astronaut
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Facilities of the Space-Race
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CAPE CANAVERAL, FLORIDA
Rocket Launches
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