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By: Patrick By: Patrick Mr. Kline/MR. DanieleMr. Kline/MR. Daniele Period 1 & 5Period 1 & 5 Madison Middle SchoolMadison Middle School Principal John HaleyPrincipal John Haley

From the mid-1940s to the early From the mid-1940s to the early 1990s 1990s

Throughout this period, rivalry between Throughout this period, rivalry between the United States and the Soviet Union the United States and the Soviet Union was expressed through military coalitions, was expressed through military coalitions, propaganda, espionage, weapons propaganda, espionage, weapons development, industrial advances, and development, industrial advances, and competitive technological development, competitive technological development, which included the space race. Both which included the space race. Both superpowers engaged in costly defense superpowers engaged in costly defense spending, a massive conventional and spending, a massive conventional and nuclear arms race, and numerous proxy nuclear arms race, and numerous proxy wars. wars.

The Race for SpaceThe Race for SpaceIn August 1957, the Soviets successfully launched the world's first intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) and in October, launched the first Earth satellite, Sputnik The launch of Sputnik inaugurated the Space Race. This culminated in the Apollo Moon landings, which astronaut Frank Borman later described as "just a battle in the Cold War" with superior spaceflight rockets indicating superior ICBMs. However, the period after 1956 was marked by serious setbacks for the Soviet Union, most notably the breakdown of the Sino-Soviet alliance. Mao had defended Stalin when Khrushchev attacked him in 1956, and treated the new Soviet leader as a superficial upstart, accusing him of having lost his revolutionary edge

Apollo Space ProgramApollo Space ProgramThe Apollo program was a human spaceflight program undertaken by NASA during the years 1961–1975 with the goal of conducting manned moon landing missions. US President John F. Kennedy announced a goal of landing on the moon by the end of the decade in 1961, and it was accomplished on July 20, 1969 by the landing of astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, with Michael Collins orbiting above during the Apollo 11 mission. Five other Apollo missions also landed astronauts on the Moon, the last one in 1972. These six Apollo spaceflights are the only times humans have landed on another celestial body. The Apollo program, specifically the lunar landings, is often cited as the greatest achievement in human history.

Saturn V Rocket (V= Five)Saturn V Rocket (V= Five)Was a multistage liquid-fuel expendable rocket used by NASA's Apollo and Skylab programs from 1967 until 1973. In total NASA launched thirteen Saturn V rockets with no loss of payload. It remains the largest and most powerful launch vehicle ever brought to operational status from a height, weight and payload stand point.

The largest production model of the Saturn family of rockets, the Saturn V was designed under the direction of Wernher von Braun at the Marshall Space Flight Center in Huntsville, Alabama, with Boeing, North American Aviation, Douglas Aircraft Company, and IBM as the lead contractors.

Redstone Arsenal is a U.S. Army post and a census-designated place (CDP) located next to the city of

Huntsville in Madison County, Alabama, United States, and is included in the Huntsville-Decatur Combined Statistical

Area. The primary tenant organizations are the United

States Army Aviation and Missile Command and the

NASA Marshall Space Flight Center.

As of the 2000 census, the population of the CDP is

2,365.

The The George C. George C. Marshall Space Marshall Space Flight CenterFlight Center (MSFC), (MSFC), the original home of the original home of NASA, is a lead center NASA, is a lead center for propulsion, Space for propulsion, Space Shuttle propulsion, Shuttle propulsion, Space Shuttle external Space Shuttle external tank, crew training and tank, crew training and payloads, International payloads, International Space Station (ISS) Space Station (ISS) design and design and construction, for construction, for computers, networks, computers, networks, and information and information management. Located management. Located on the Redstone on the Redstone Arsenal in Huntsville, Arsenal in Huntsville, Alabama Alabama

International Space StationInternational Space Station

The International Space Station (ISS) is a research facility currently being assembled in outer space, the on-orbit construction of which began in 1998. The space station is in a Low Earth Orbit and can be seen from Earth with the naked eye; it orbits at an altitude of approximately 350 km above the surface of the Earth, and travels at an average speed of 27,700 kilometers (17,210 mi) per hour, completing 15.7 orbits per day.

The Space ShuttleThe Space Shuttle

The The Lyndon B. Johnson Space CenterLyndon B. Johnson Space Center ( ("JSC""JSC") is the National Aeronautics ) is the National Aeronautics and Space Administration's center for human spaceflight activities. The center and Space Administration's center for human spaceflight activities. The center consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres located in consists of a complex of 100 buildings constructed on 1,620 acres located in

southeast Houston, Texas. Johnson Space Center is home to the United States southeast Houston, Texas. Johnson Space Center is home to the United States astronaut corps and is responsible for training astronauts from both the U.S. astronaut corps and is responsible for training astronauts from both the U.S.

and its international partners. The center, originallyand its international partners. The center, originally known as known as the "Manned the "Manned Spacecraft Center" was constructed on land donated by Rice University and Spacecraft Center" was constructed on land donated by Rice University and was opened in 1963. In 1973, the center was renamed in honor of the late was opened in 1963. In 1973, the center was renamed in honor of the late

President and Texas native, Lyndon B. JohnsonPresident and Texas native, Lyndon B. Johnson

The Shuttle Carrier Aircraft (SCA) are two extensively modified Boeing 747 airliners that NASA uses to transport Space Shuttle orbiters. One is a 747-100 model, while the

other is a short range 747-100SR.The SCAs are used to ferry space shuttles from landing sites back to the launch complex at the Kennedy Space Center, or more specifically, the NASA Shuttle Landing Facility, and to

and from other locations too distant for the orbiters to be delivered by ground transport. The orbiters are placed on top

of the SCAs by Mate-Demote Devices, large gantry-like structures which hoist the orbiters off the ground for post-flight servicing, and then mate them with the SCAs for ferry flights.

A Remembrance of The ones who A Remembrance of The ones who died died

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