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9. The space race

Cape Canaveral, USA 28 ° 35'7 .97 "N, 80 ° 39'5 .01" O

The space race was a competition between the U.S. and the former Unió n Soviet effort marked the parallel between the two countries to explore outer space and posing a Human Being on the Moon.

Cape Canaveral

The space race was a competition between the U.S. and the former Soviet Union marked the parallel effort between countries to explore outer space and posing people on the moon.

The space race began, dismissing the first tests on rocket technology, the October 4, 1957 with the launch of Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite to orbit the Earth.

Apollo XI trailer off the Saturn V rocket

Over time, the competition got its goal on the moon. The program aimed to Russian Lunik drones reach the moon. The Lunik 3 managed to photograph the far side, Lunik 9 managed to land softly, Lunik 10 orbited the moon for the first time. Two vehicles were able to walk Lunahod its surface.

On the other hand, the Ranger program estadouniense their ships crashed into the Moon to make detailed pictures with their cameras. Only Ranger 7, 8 and 9 were successful. The Lunar Orbiter program placed five unmanned spacecraft in lunar orbit during the years 1966-1967 to map and help the Apollo program to put a man on the moon, which was achieved with Apollo 11 July 21 1969.

In September 2005, NASA announced plans for a new manned trip to the moon, scheduled for 2018.

The U.S. space program launches have been conducted from Cape Canaveral, since 1950, is the main center of the space activities of the United States. In 1964 the whole area is renamed Cape Kennedy in honor of U.S. President John F. Kennedy assassinated last year. But ten years later, following many protests, he was again called Cape Canaveral and the Kennedy name was only for the NASA space center.

Baikonur, Kazakhstan 45 ° 37'33 .54 "N, 63 ° 18'47 .44" E

On the other hand, the Russians made their launches from the Baikonur Cosmodrome. Baikonur Kazakhstan city is administered by the Russian Federation and was built to house the staff of the Baikonur Cosmodrome. The original Baikonur is a mining town about 300 kilometers from the present city. Baikonur was named for its exact location a secret.

Baikonur

Official NASA (in English) Baikonur cosmodrome (in English)