Space Race
The Space Race was the competition between the Soviet union and the United States nations regarding achievements in the field of space exploration. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration, also known as NASA was established on July 29, 1958 and its purpose was to explore the universe and to inspire the next generation of explorers. The first goal of the Space race was to launch the worlds first satellites and that was completed by the Soviet Union with the success of the Sputnik 1. When the Soviet Union got ahead of the United State, they want to come back with something bigger and better. On January 31, 1958 the United sates landed their first satellite on the moon, the Explorer 1. The first human in space was Yuri Gagarin on April 12, 1961, but the first American in space was Alan B. Shepard on May 5, 1961. The first American to orbit the earth was John Glenn on Febuary, 20 1962 and the first woman in space was Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova on June 16, 1963. In May, 1961, President John F. Kennedy declared that the United States would put a man on the moon before the end of the decade, and in 1969 Neil Armstrong part of the Apollo 11 was the first man to walk on the moon.
The purpose of the Apollo 11 mission was to land men on the lunar surface and then to return them safely to Earth. Neil Armstrong was the commander, Michael Collins was the Command Module pilot and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. was the Lunar Module pilot. After they launched the space craft was inserted into orbit 76 hours into the mission. When they landed on the lunar surface, the two spacecrafts were undocked when the Command and Service Modules separated from the Lunar Module. A Lunar Module camera provided live television coverage of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. EDT. Forty-Seven pounds of of lunar surface were collected to be returned for analysis. The Apollo 11 was a success and the idea to land men on the moon and return safely back to earth was accomplished.
The purpose of the Apollo 11 mission was to land men on the lunar surface and then to return them safely to Earth. Neil Armstrong was the commander, Michael Collins was the Command Module pilot and Edwin E. Aldrin Jr. was the Lunar Module pilot. After they launched the space craft was inserted into orbit 76 hours into the mission. When they landed on the lunar surface, the two spacecrafts were undocked when the Command and Service Modules separated from the Lunar Module. A Lunar Module camera provided live television coverage of Neil Armstrong setting foot on the lunar surface at 10:56 p.m. EDT. Forty-Seven pounds of of lunar surface were collected to be returned for analysis. The Apollo 11 was a success and the idea to land men on the moon and return safely back to earth was accomplished.