Space

Exploration

Goddards Dream

In the fall of 1899, Robert Goddard (who was a 17-year old boy at
the time) climbed a cherry tree in Worcester Massachusetts. He
looked upon the stars and thinking, how wonderful it would be
If I could create a device, which had even have the possibility of,
ascending to Mars In Goddards high school address, he told of
what he thought would be a possibility for the future.

The Space Race

It didnt take until the late 1940s for this dream to become

realized, a team of German scientists were exploring the stars,

and they believed n Goddards wonderful dream. I have learned
to use the word I Impossible with the greatest caution the
leader of the team (Wernher von Braun) said at his interview.

On October 3, 1957, scientists and engineers in the Soviet Union
were the country to launch an aircraft into space The Sputnik 1 .
In January, 1958, The United States launched their first rocket up to
space, The Explorer 1 That was launched in Cape Canaveral.

In Spring 1961, the Soviets launched their first man up to space,
that sparked the beginning of The Space Race against America
and Russia.

America Versus The Soviets

The competition was brewing, a russian cosmonaut has already

orbited Earth in April 12, 1961, America had to step up their
game if they wanted to succeed. A few weeks later