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=Megan The Space Program in the Soviet Union=

In the Soviet Union, //Sputnik// was successfully launched into Space on October 4th, 1957. When //Sputnik// was launched the Space Race ore Space Age began. The Space Race was a competition that started in 1957 because of //Sputnik//. The Soviet Union and the United States wanted to win because it would prove their scientific advantage and to show that they had military strength. The Space Program in the Soviet Union was thought by most to be a number of political stunts done to show the rest of the world the advantage of the communists.


 * WHO WAS INVOLVED IN THE SPACE PROGRAM? -- Segei P. Korolev was the infamous Soviet designer and engineer. His true motive was to explore space, despite Stalin, and despite of receiving no credit whatsoever for his accomplishment. He was a true space pioneer, and he just wanted to explore space. Korolev wanted to know what was out there. He wanted no earthly rewards, and no credit for his work. To accomplish his goal of knowing what was in space he developed a simple space program that would explore space.


 * WHAT WAS THE SPACE PROGRAM? -- The Space Program in the Soviet Union was much simpler than the very technical and complex Space Program in the United States. In the SU, they used stainless steel to build the space ships, instead of, what the US used -- aluminum and titanium. The rockets in the SU were also simpler than in the US. The US used highly exotic fuels and the SU didn't. They used kerosene and liquid oxygen to build the rockets. The SU also didn't build large rocket engines as the US did. They built smaller, simpler ones and they used many of them in the engine pods, which was much easier than designing a larger, more complicated rocket engine as the Americans always did. The Soviet Space Program was much more secretive than the open American one. The Soviet Union space program was 95% military.


 * WHERE AND WHEN DID IT OCCUR AND WHY DOES THIS MATTER? -- The Space Program took place in America and in the Soviet Union. It occurred before and after the Soviet Union launched //Sputnik// into space. This is a huge topic in world history today because it had a huge effect on the Soviet Union and on America. During the Space Age, the Soviet Union launched many satellites into space. Some of these include -- //Luna 1// (1959), //Luna 2// (1959), //Luna 3// (1959), //Luna 9// (1966), //Luna 16// (1970), and //Luna 17// (1970). The SU also put the first group of astronauts in space together on the spacecraft's, //Vostok 3// and //Vostok 4// that were sent in 1962.
 * During the Space Age, in 1957, on October 4th, the Soviet Union launched //Sputnik 1//, the first artificial space satellite. Something that is cool about the SU is that they sent tons of different satellites were launched. Many of these were called //Luna.// They were launched over the years of 1959 and 1970. Some were also called //Vostok.// //Vostok 3// and //Vostok 4// were launched in 1962. The Soviet Union sent the first woman to space in 1963.


 * On October 4th, 1957, the Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite into space. It was called //Sputnik 1// and it successfully orbited the earth. This launch led to the Space Race. The Space Race was a competition between America and the Soviet Union. Many of the Americans felt threatened when //Sputnik 1// was launched. Most of the United States didn't know what to think of a satellite orbiting the earth. It was too weird and mysterious. They thought that the Soviet Union was looking down at them.


 * This topic is huge today, and I personally hope that everyone knows about it. I think it is really cool how the Soviet Union and America had space programs. It is also interesting how they had a space race and competed to conquer the history of space. //Sputnik 1// actually did have a huge impact on the Soviet Union and on America. Many other satellites were launched after //Sputnik 1.// These included //Sputnik 2, Luna 1, Luna 2, Luna 9// and many other "Luna's" were also launched from the SU. From the US, many "Apollo's" were sent into space. This event is a huge topic in history today.

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