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S o v ie t S pac e F ir s t s q FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE OF EARTH: Sputnik 1, launched Oct. 4, 1957 q FIRST SPACE TRAVELER FROM EARTH: Laika the dog on Sputnik 2, launched Nov. 3, 1957 q FIRST TO THE MOON: Luna 1, launched Jan. 2, 1959 (did not impact the moon as planned, but entered the sun’s orbit on Jan. 4, becoming its first artificial satellite) q FIRST PHOTOS OF THE FAR SIDE OF THE MOON: Luna 3; launched Oct. 4, 1959, first photo transmitted Oct. 7 FIRST TO VENUS: Venera 1, launched Feb. 12, 1961 Of course, the first human ever to walk on another astronomical body was an American. But the Soviet program can lay claim to any number of firsts, including the first unmanned lunar and Mars landings, the first spacewalk; the first space station; and the first man, woman and dog in space. Sputnik 1’s successful launch was a wakeup call for Russia’s Cold War archrival. U.S. Congresswoman Clare Boothe Luce is reported to have referred to the Soviet satellite’s beeps as “an intercontinental outer-space raspberry to 40 EE Times | Apollo | July 20, 2009 a decade of American pretensions that the American way of life was a gilt-edged guarantee of our national superiority.” The United States responded by creating NASA and the Advanced Research Projects Agency (now the Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency, or Darpa) in 1958. But the Soviet program scored an even bigger coup on April 12, 1961, when cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, riding in the Vostok 1 capsule, became the first human to launch into space and orbit the Earth. “The Earth is blue. How wonderful. q FIRST HUMAN IN SPACE: Yuri Gagarin, aboard Vostok 1, launched April 12, 1961
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009
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Apollo - July 20, 2009
Contents
Applying the Lessons of Apollo
Why Did We Go to the Moon?
In the Trenches: Profiles of the Engineers Who Made Apollo Go
Apollo Perspectives: Video Interview with Filmmaker David Sington
Virtual Teardown: Apollo Spacesuit
Virtual Teardown: The ‘Genesis’ Rock
Apollo Chip Teardown: Unit Logic Device
Ted Sorensen on Apollo
Soviet Space Firsts
Apollo Reader Forum
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Contents
EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Applying the Lessons of Apollo
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Why Did We Go to the Moon?
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - In the Trenches: Profiles of the Engineers Who Made Apollo Go
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Perspectives: Video Interview with Filmmaker David Sington
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Virtual Teardown: Apollo Spacesuit
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Virtual Teardown: The ‘Genesis’ Rock
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Chip Teardown: Unit Logic Device
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Ted Sorensen on Apollo
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Soviet Space Firsts
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EETimes - Apollo - July 20, 2009 - Apollo Reader Forum
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