Soviet+Space+Program

How did the Space Program come to be?  The Soviet Union had a very intense Space Program during the Cold War in the years of 1957 to 1974, which also led to the Space Race with the United States, who in fact beat them in the end in the race to put a man on the moon. The Space Program in the Soviet Union all started with one simple missile, the R7. They thought since that missile could succeed with global range, why not try to make a satellite? What was the Soviets first Satellite? The Soviet's first satellite launched, which was actually the world's first satellite as well, was called Sputnik I. Weighing about 184 pounds, this satellite was launched on October 4th in 1957. As time went on for the Soviets, the weight of their satellites starting becoming heavier and heavier, and in 1965 they made one that was 25,000 pounds. Soviet Space Program After the great Sputnik I, they created Sputnik II. Instead of sending a man out into Space they sent a dog named Laika. After Sputnik II, it was time to actually send a man into space because it's never been accomplished before. So the 12th of April, in 1961, Yuri Gagarin would be the first man to enter space. His space craft was called Vostok I. He wasn't in space for very long, in fact he was only up there for 108 minutes, but it was still a great accomplishment. Then, in 1965, the Soviets would actually accomplish having the first EVA! This stands for extravehicular activity, which meant a spacewalk, using the satellite Voskhod 2. One huge Satellite that really made a difference for the Soviet Union was called Proton I. It weighed about 26,840 pounds as it was in orbit. At the time of 1965, it was in fact the world's most potent rocket. So that the Soviets could continue with their Space Program, Alexei Kosygin (Soviet Premier) signed the "Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes," along with Nixon. This allowed the Soviet Union to continue with it's rocketry science and space exploration for five more years. With this being established, the soviets would send two cosmonauts into space on the Apollo-Soyuz Test Project, or Apollo 18 weighing about 28,000, which was extremely light. The Soviets would take off in the Soyuz 19 while the Americans would take of in the Apollo. Their task would be to come in contact with each other in space, and connect. The two would have to adjust the air pressure in both so they could be the same, then they would open the door to officially connect the two and they would celebrate their accomplishment. They would focus on science, experiments, and socializing with each other, and the Soviets would even get a picture of the Sun's corona.

﻿Another great accomplishment made by the Soviet Space Program was a space station! This space Station was called Mir. Even though it couldn't withstand space for more than 15 years it was still something great that came about. Also, it look a quite a little time to build this space station, but was completely worth it. What happened to the Space Station? After all the years, Mir eventually was no longer in orbit. Was there another Sputnik? The 19th of August, there was Sputnik the 5th. Again, like the first Sputnik, dogs were sent into space. Except this trip there were two dogs, Strelka and Belka. Unlike Laika, those two dogs managed to stay alive throughout the entire trip. ﻿The Luna 9 was a great triumph. This space vehicle actually landed on the moon, being the first to do so. 4 years later, Luna 16 would in fact bring home dirt samples from the moon!

Significance? <span style="color: #e43a3a; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; height: 205px; width: 254px;"> <span style="color: #89bb5d; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif;">An important significance that came out of the Soviet Space Program was that they're the ones who started the entire space race with only a very tiny satellite, Sputnik. After that launch was flourishing, it also launched an expansion for many other areas, such as science researches, new technological advances and so much more. Many people were in shock as this petite satellite would orbit the earth, and it even made the United States jealous and a little apprehensive. Another important Significant fact that came out of the Soviet Space Program came from the ASTP Project. Both the United States and the Soviet union were able to put aside all of their differences they had with the Cold War back on earth, and be civil with each other. They together were capable of holding experiments and achievements in space even though their two home territories were at war. This showed the great respect they had for each other while working on a project, even though they were technically in a race together.

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<span style="color: #25161f; font-family: Georgia,serif; line-height: 27px;">Facts:
 * <span style="color: #2d316c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Sputnik was comparable to the size of a beach ball, but weighed a lot more than one, about 184 pounds, and was only in orbit for about an hour and a half.
 * <span style="color: #2d316c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Laika, the dog, made the Soviets realize that if they went to space they would be buoyant.
 * <span style="color: #2d316c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">On February 1st, 2011, Russia launched an unsuccessful rocket, which was called Rockot, and before that in 2010 they launched an unsuccessful rocket as well.
 * <span style="color: #2d316c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">Mir, the space station, is inspiring future space stations, for example, one on the moon and even a lunar base that will be robotic.
 * <span style="color: #2d316c; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; line-height: 27px;">The launch of Sputnik sparked a space race with the United States, who was intimated by them.

<span style="color: #25161f; font-family: Georgia,serif; font-size: 18px; line-height: 27px; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Impact? <span style="color: #9557a2; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">﻿In the year 2011, much progress has been made in Russia all due to the Soviet Space Program that had all started with Sputnik I, then Laika, Gagarin, Mir and many, many more satellites that had been tested and launched. For example, on January 20th, 2011, The Zenit-3SLBF had been launched from Baikonur. Eight days later, the Soyuz-U had been launched in the same location, and again the same one on April 24th, 2011. Lastly, three more vehicles were launched from Russia, with only one being unsuccessful. There is almost impact promised for the future. 115 rubles would go straight towards the Russian Space Program which was said by the Prime Minister in Russia, Putin. Also, in the year of 2011, the goal was to set about 50 space vehicles into space. <span style="color: #e15e0e; font-family: Tahoma,Geneva,sans-serif; margin: 0px; padding: 0px;">Lastly, an immense impact that all came from the first satellite Sputnik was NASA. NASA stands for Nation Aeronautics and Space Administration. To this day, NASA is a world wide known space company that is extremely productive. They are involved in the research of space, spacecraft, and assist in sending spacecrafts into space.

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