13. The Space Race Flashcards

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What was the space race?

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It was a race for superiority between the USA and USSR between the late 1950s and early 1970s

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What led to the space race?

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  • propaganda, both countries were keen to show superiority and wanted to be seen as leading the world into the modern age
  • weapons development, Americans were worried nukes could be launched using the the same system the SU launched rockets into space and this was justified through ICBMs
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What happened on October 4, 1957?

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The SU sent the first man-made satellite into orbit :Sputnik. the Americans have been working on the same thing and the Soviet victory was seen as a triumph for communism

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What happened on November 3, 1957?

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The SU sent the first animal into space, a dog named Laika, as the Americans scrambled to catch up

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What happened on 18 December 1958?

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The USA launch the first communication satellite into space

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What happened on April 12, 1961?

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The Soviet union wins the race to send a human into space with cosmonaut Yuri gagarin

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What happened on 5 May 1961?

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There was the first successful American space flight controlled by pilot Alan Shepard

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What happened on May 25, 1961?

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Kennedy announced that by the end of the decade, an American will land on the moon but technology was still far from being able to achieve this

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What happened on June 16, 1963?

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First woman in space Valentina Tereshkova from the SU

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What happened on the 20th of July 1969?

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Neil Armstrong became the first man on the man as Kennedy’s promise was fulfilled

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What happened on April 23, 1971?

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The first human crewed station is launched by the Soviet Union

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What happened on July 15, 1975?

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The first joint space mission between the US and SU ‘Apollo Soyuz’ is seen as a symbol of a new age of co-operation between the superpowers

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