Space+Race-+Eric,+David,+Josh

"Sputnik." //History Home//. Web. 24 May 2010. [].

[] - Video of Sputnik launching

A. Major Dates 1. October 4, 1957 Sputnik launched into space. 2. Octoder 1, 1958 NASA was created. 3. January 31, 1958 U.S sent first satellite into space B. What Happened 1. October 1957 the Soviet Union launched the first satellite to go into space. (Sputnik) 2. Russia was the first into space. 3. The US's first attempt at sending a sattelite into space ended up with it exploding 4. January, 1958 The U.S. sent Explorer 1 into space (First American satellite) and burned up March 31, 1970 5. Explorer 1 was a cosmic ray detector designed to measure the radiation enviroment in Earth's orbit ,and it made 58,000 orbits around Earth 6. The US realized there was a new fronteir to explore (man on moon) July 20, 1969 austronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first ot walk on another planetary body. 7. The ending result was C. People / Places 1. Alan B. Shepard was the first American in to space. His journey only lasted 15 minutes. 2. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two men to take step onto the moon (Apollo 11) 3. RKA (Russia Federal Space Agency)- Located in Moscow, used to be known as the Russia Aviation and Space Agency 4. NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration)- Located in Kennedy Space Center, Florida 5. President Eisenhower wanted NASA

Agenda 1: Tonight we will reseach what the end result of the Space Race was. We will gather all of our information so that tomorrow we can begin to start our presentation. We will also look for more information to put into our presentation. Tomorrow we will strive to finish our presentation completely and accurately rightfully earning an obvious A on this project. We will work as a team to finish this project.

Agenda 2: Tonight us fine gentleman will partake in a glorious task of finding more information on the two great astronauts neil armstrong and buzz aldrin. As tiring as this mission will be we will fight through the blood, sweat, and tears so that one day (which will hopefully be the end of wednesday) we will reach our glorious destination and have this beautiful project complete. We shall strive to have our power point crisp and accurate bringing no confusion to our student body that we love and care about so much.

"The Space Race - U.S. Endeavors - by Mark Romeo." //The Space Race: Two Cold War Enemies Compete to Dominate the New Realm Ofspace//. Web. 24 May 2010. .

// NebraskaStudies.Org //. Web. 24 May 2010. .//

// "YouTube - Launch of Sputnik, October 4, 1957." //YouTube - Broadcast Yourself. //Web. 24 May 2010. [].

"Explorer 1 First U.S. Satellite - NASA JPL."// Space, Stars, Mars, Earth, Planets and More - NASA Jet Propulsion Laboratory//. Web. 25 May 2010. .

Very nice agenda boys. Am I correct in assuming that David and Josh gave the sweat and tears since Eric gave blood?

Here is your note boys. Now get to work! -Ms. L

Overall, nice work today boys. Make sure you stay on task tomorrow and ask if you need any help. Good luck. -Ms. L