The Space Race

How does the arms race expand into the space race?

Soviets Launch Sputnik• Oct 1957: Soviets launch the first unmanned satellite into space

• The launch of Sputnik would start the “Space Race”

•US is furious that the Soviets are ahead in science – Eisenhower starts NDEA

•NDEA puts billions into school science programs

•Nov 1957: Soviets send a dog named Laika into space on Sputnik II

•Eisenhower proposes US & Soviets can fly over each other’s territory (Open Skies Policy)

•Soviets refuse, debate US on television•CIA begins sending spy planes called U2s over the Soviet Union

•Gary Powers U2 flight is shot down, Soviets hold him prisoner – US is behind in technology!

•1958: US forms NASA, need to win space race

Spy Planes

Space Race Questions p. 537

1. When did the US launch their fist satellite and what was it called?

2. What country first reached the moon and what year did it happen?

3. Who was the first human in space, what country was he from?

4. Who was the first woman in space & where was she from?

5. What two major events happen for the US in 1962?

6. What is the first country to land on another planet?

7. What was the first country to land a human on the moon, when did it happen, and who were the men?

8. Who is winning the space race? When does the space race end?