The Space Race of 1955 – 1975: the U.S vs the Soviet Union – The First Person in Space, the Origin of the Soviet Union Governments Space Program, the Number of Soviet Union Soldiers Who Died During World War II (1939 – 1945), the Most Important Resource of Every Country Post World War II, How the U.S. Government Displayed its Technological Dominance World Wide During World War II, the Reason the Soviet Union Government Began Developing Nuclear Weaponry Technologies During the Early 20th Century, the Length of Time Required for the Soviet Union to Produce its First Nuclear Weapon, the Technology Which Launched the Cold War (1947 – 1991), the Reason the U.S. Government Developed Rocket Technology Which Was Smaller Than the Soviet Union’s Rocket Technology During the Mid 20th Century, the Advantage This Provided the Soviet Union, the Person Who Led the Soviet Union’s Space Program and the Code Name Used for This Person, the Multiple Roles of Ukrainian Engineer Sergei Pavlovich Korolev, the Reason Korolev Was an Improbable Selection to Lead the Soviet Union Governments Space Program, the Reason Korolev Was Extricated From the Sharashka (Little Shara/Workshop) Gulag Prison to Moscow, Russia by the Soviet Union Government, the Rockets Korolev Began Working on Post World War II, the Year Korolev Developed the Glavnoye Raketno Artilleriyskoye Upravleniye Indeks 8 Ya Kategoriya Raket/Raketnykh Sistem Raketnaya Sistema K model Nomer 71 (Main Missile Artiller Direcctorate Index 8th Missile/Rocket Category K Rocket System 71 Model Number) (R7 Semyorka) (Number 7) (GRAU Index 8K71) Rocket, the Capabilities of the Glavnoye Raketno Artilleriyskoye Upravleniye Indeks 8 Ya Kategoriya Raket/Raketnykh Sistem Raketnaya Sistema K model Nomer 71 Rocket, the First Successful Test Launch of the Glavnoye Raketno Artilleriyskoye Upravleniye Indeks 8 Ya Kategoriya Raket/Raketnykh Sistem Raketnaya Sistema K model Nomer 71 Rocket, the Reason the Soviet Union Government Became a World Super Power During the Mid 20th Century, the Reason the R7 Semyorka Rocket Was Decommissioned, the Rocket Type the Soviet Union Desired During the Mid 20th Century, the Person Who Named the Sputnik (Fellow Traveller) Satellite, the Person Who Calculated and Programmed the Trajectory of Sputnik, the Only Computer Within the Soviet Union in 1957, the Item Russian Cosmonaut Georgy Grechko Placed Within the Suitcase Which Carried the Trajectory Calculations of Sputnik, the Situational Irony of This Placement, the U.S. Government Suspecting Communist Insurrection Within the U.S. Post 1957, the Reason the U.S. Government Spent an Enormous Volume of Time and Resources Attempting to Decipher the Radio Signal Emitted From Sputnik, the U.S. Government’s Hypothesis of Sputnik’s Radio Signal During the Late 1950’s, the First Soviet Union Cosmonaut Launched Into Space, the Reason Soviet Union Canine (Dog) Laika (No Last Name) (Barker) Was Selected for the Sputnik 2 Mission, the Reason Food and Water Was Inserted Into the Glavnoye Raketno Artilleriyskoye Upravleniye Indeks 8 Ya Kategoriya Raket/Raketnykh Sistem Raketnaya Sistema K model Nomer 71PS‑1 (Main Missile Artillery Directorate Index 8th Missile/Rocket Category K Rocket System 71PS‑1 Model Number) Index Eight Category K Missile System Model Number 71 Letters P and S Variant One (Surface to Surface Missile 6 Codename Sapwood Index 8 K 71 Letters P and S Variant One) (Sapwood SS-6 8K71PS1) Rocket Prior to the Sputnik 2 Mission, the Reason a Live Video Feed Was Recorded During the Sputnik 2 Launch, the Death of Laika, the Causation of Laika’s Death, the Number of Cosmonauts the Soviet Union Government Trained During the 1960’s, How the Soviet Union Government Trained and Prepared Cosmonauts for Space, the Person Scheduled to Become the First Human Being in Space, the Reason the Freedom 7 Mission of the U.S. Mercury Program Suborbital Test Sequence Failed, the Reason the Freedom 7 Mission Was Rescheduled, the Event Which Provided the Soviet Union Government More Time to Advance During the Space Race, the Dual Candidates Selected by the Soviet Union Government to Become the First Person in Space, Korolev’s View of Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the Reason Gagarin Was Selected in Place of Russian Cosmonaut Gherman Titov for the Vostok 1 (East) Mission, the View of the Vostok 1 Mission Within the Soviet Union Government, the Largest Challenge Gagarin Faced During the Vostok 1 Mission, the Location Gagarin Began His Descent Back to the Earth, the Reason Gagarin’s Descent Back to the Earth Malfunctioned, the Physical View of Gagarin During This Descent Back to the Earth, the Reason Gagarin Was Able to Regain Control of the Vostok 1 Spacecraft During Re-Entry, the Altitude Gagarin Ejected From the Vostok 1 Spacecraft, Gagarin Receiving a Promotion of Military Rank During the Vostok 1 Mission, the Second Person in Space, the Person Who Disagreed With Korolev’s Target for Landing Upon the Moon, the First Person to Spend More Than 24 Hours in Orbit, the Launch of the Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 Spacecraft, the Longest Solo Orbit in History and the First Woman in Space, the Person Who Permitted the Soviet Union Governments Sovetskaya Pilotiruyemaya Lunnaya Programma (Soviet Crewed Lunar Program), the Reason the Soviet Union Government Immediately Began Planning its Next Mission Within Space Post the Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 Missions, the Soviet Union Launching Another Glavnoye Raketno Artilleriyskoye Upravleniye Indeks 8 Ya Kategoriya Raket/Raketnykh Sistem Raketnaya Sistema K model Nomer 71 Rocket Into Space in 1965, the Spacecraft Russian Jet Fighter Pilot Pavel Belyayev and Russian Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Piloted During the Voskhod 2 (Sunrise) Mission, the Plan for the First Tethered Extravehicular Activity (Space Walk), the Length of Time Leonov Trained for the Voskhod 2 Mission for, the Soviet Union Government Attempting to Prepare Cosmonauts for Every Possible Scenario Within Space, the First Tethered Extravehicular Activity, the Problem Which Occurred During This Extravehicular Activity, the Problem Leonov Experienced Within His Extravehicular Mobility Unit (Spacesuit) During the First Extravehicular Activity, the Intervention Leonov Implemented Without Informing the Soviet Union’s Tsentr Upravleniya Polyotami (Center for Control of Flights), the Reason Leonov Implemented This Dangerous Intervention, the Physical Reaction of Leonov During This Event, the Problem Which Could Have Caused This Event to Become a Fatality, the Reason Cosmonauts Overpowered the Automated Systems of the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type (Voskhod 3KD) Spacecraft During Their Descent Back to the Earth, the First Manually Piloted Landing of a Spacecraft in History, the Location Leonov Selected for Landing, the Difficulty Cosmonauts Experienced Post Landing, How Leonov and Belyayev Contacted the Tsentr Upravleniya Polyotami Post Landing, the Reason the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type Spacecraft Crew Were Forced Back Into the Spacecraft Post Landing, the Length of Time Prior to Recovery and the Location Which Received the Signal Sent From the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type Spacecraft Crew, How Rescue Teams Reached the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type Spacecraft in the Ural (Stone Belt) Mountains Post Landing, the Reason a Cauldron Was Imported Into the Ural Mountains Post the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type Spacecraft Landing, the Length of Time Prior to the Voskhod 3rd Version K Spacecraft D Landing Type Spacecraft Crew Returning to the Baikonur Cosmodrome (Baikonur Rich Brown Land Space Field), the U.S. Space Program Which Occurred During the Voskhod 2 Mission Launch, the Reason Korolev Was Admitted to the Hospital in 1966, the Death of Korolev and the First Person to be Recognized by the Soviet Union Government for the Opytno‑Konstruktorskoye Byuro No. 1 (Soviet Space Program of the Experimental Design Bureau Number 1), the Level of Security the Soviet Union Maintained for Korolev’s Identity, the Person Who Replaced Korolev as the Glavny Konstruktor (Chief Designer) of the Opytno‑Konstruktorskoye Byuro No. 1, How Russian Engineer Vasily Mishin’s Leadership Contrasted Korolev’s Leadership, Grechko’s View of Korolev and Mishin, the First Project Mishin Overviewed, the Multiple Errors and Problems of the Soyuz Kosmicheskaya Programma (Soyuz Spacecraft Program), the Success of the U.S. Gemini Program Between 1965 and 1966, the First Person to Pilot a Soyuz Korabl (Union Spacecraft) (Soyuz Capsule), the Launch Success of the Soyuz 1 Mission, the Reason Russian Test Pilot Vladimir Komarov Was Forced to Manually Pilot the Soyuz 7K Seriya 7 Korabl’ Orbitalnyy Korabl’ No.1 (Union 7K Series 7 Spacecraft Orbital Spacecraft No.1) Spacecraft During the Soyuz 1 Mission, Komarov Successfully Piloting the Automated Altitude Control System During His First Attempt, the Fatal Error Which Occurred During Re-Entry of the Soyuz 7K Seriya 7 Korabl’ Orbitalnyy Korabl’ No.1 Spacecraft to the Earth, the Death of Komarov, the Causation of the Fire Upon the Soyuz 7K Seriya 7 Korabl’ Orbitalnyy Korabl’ No.1 Spacecraft Post Landing, the Death of Gagarin, the Burial Site of Korolev, Komarov, and Gagarin During the Modern Day, the Aspects of Interplanetary Space Travel Perfected by the U.S. Government During the Gemini Missions, the Ultimate Goal of the U.S. Governments Apollo Program, the Success of the Soviet Union’s Nositel’ 1 / Lunniy Kompleks 3 Program (Nositel Carrier Rocket 1 and Lunar Expedition Complex 3 Program) (N1/L3) During the Mid 1960’s, the Reason Landing Upon the Lunar Surface Was Exceedingly Difficult for the Soviet Union During the 1960’s, How Cosmonauts Prepared for a Lunar Landing With the LK (Lunniy Korabyl) (Lunar Ship) Spacecraft, the Most Powerful Rocket During the 20th Century, the Capabilities of the Nositel’ 1 And Lunniy Kompleks 3 (Carrier Rocket 1 and Lunar Complex 3) Spacecraft, the Reason the Development of the Nositel’ 1 And Lunniy Kompleks 3 Spacecraft Was Delayed, the Cause of Failure During the Nositel’ 1 Nomer 5 Lunniy (Carrier Rocket 1 Number 5 Lunar) (N1 No. 5L) Launch in 1969, the Final Usage of the Nositel’ 1 Nomer 5 Lunniy Spacecraft Post a Series of Failed Test Flights, the Date the U.S. Government Reached the Moon During the Apollo 11 Mission, the End of the Space Race, the Reason U.S. Government Agency the National Aeronautics and Space Administration Focused Upon Less Important Goals Following the Apollo 11 Mission, the Focus of the Soviet Union Governments Space Program Post the Apollo 11 Mission, the Soviet Union Government Developing Novel Technologies for Space Travel, the First Space Station Constructed, the First Cosmonauts Aboard the Salyut 1 Dolgosrochnaya Orbitalnaya Stantsiya 1 (Salyut 1 Long Duration Orbital Station 1) (Salyut 1 DOS-1) Space Station, the Length of Time These Cosmonauts Remained Within Space During the Soyuz 11 Mission, the Date These Cosmonauts Returned to the Earth, the Causation of Death for All 3 Cosmonauts Post Re-Entry to the Earth, the Reason Leonov Did Not Participate Within the Soyuz 11 Mission, the Soviet Union Government Continually Launching Spacecraft During the 1970’s and the Benefit of This, the Reason Scientists Within the Soviet Union Became Increasingly Skilled at Space Exploration During the Mid 20th Century, the Soviet Union Governments Space Program During the 1980’s vs the U.S. Governments Space Program During the 1980’s, the Reason the Mir (Peace) Space Station Expanded Over Time, the Final Layout and Size of the Mir Space Station Being Disparate From What Was Originally Planned, the Collapse of the Soviet Union, the Reason the Soviet Union Governments Space Program Was Almost Shut Down During the Collapse of the Soviet Union, the Reason the Collapse of the Soviet Union Alarmed the U.S. Government, the Strategy the U.S. Government Developed to Stop Ex-Soviet Union Scientists From Working Within North Korea or Iran, the Reason the Collaboration Between the National Aeronautics and Space Administration’s and the Soviet Union State Corporation Gosudarstvennaya Korporatsiya Po Kosmicheskoy Deyatel’nosti Roskosmos (State Corporation for Space Activities Roskosmos) Was Beneficial to the U.S. and the Soviet Union Simultaneously, the View of Russian (No Longer the Soviet Union Post 1991) Scientists by U.S. Scientists During the Shuttle-Mir Program Collaboration, the Date English Astrophysicist Michael Foale Boarded the Mir Space Station, the Poor Condition of the Mir Space Station in 1997, How the Mir Space Station Was Replenished During the 1990’s, the Economic Cost of Each Crewed/Cargo Flight to the International Space Station During the 1990’s, the Russian Government Experimenting With Novel Methods to Deliver Cargo to the Mir Space Station, the Cargo Storage Idea the Russian Government Developed, the Largest Problem of Docking Spacecraft During the 1990’s, the Training Russian Cosmonaut Vasily Tsibliyev Received Prior to Docking the Mir Space Station With the Transportnyy Gruzovoy Korabl’ Progress (Transport Cargo Spacecraft Progress) Spacecraft, the Reason Tsibliyev Was Unable to Dock the Mir Space Station With the Transportnyy Gruzovoy Korabl’ Progress Spacecraft, How Foale Assisted With the Docking of the Mir Space Station and Transportnyy Gruzovoy Korabl’ Progress Spacecraft, the Distance Between the Mir Space Station and the Transportnyy Gruzovoy Korabl’ Progress Spacecraft After Being Located by Foale, the Reason Russian Cosmonaut Aleksandr Lazutkin Recognized the Transportnyy Gruzovoy Korabl’ Progress Spacecraft, the Instructions Lazutkin Provided to Foale During This Docking, the Result of This Docking Attempt, the Reason Mir Sustained Serious Damage During the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 (Progress M-34) Collision Event, the System Which Failed Post the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision, the Length of Time the Crew Aboard the Mir Space Station Had Before Oxygen Became Depleted Post the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision and the Concept of “Reserve Time”, the Location of the Mir Space Station Which the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision Destroyed, the Reason the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision Caused the Mir Space Station to Become Limited Within its Electrical Energy Production Capabilities, the Mir Space Station Losing Electrical Power During the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision, the Location of the Crew of the Mir Space Station Post Electrical Power Being Lost During the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision, the Physical View of All Crew Members During the Progress Modernized Series Vehicle 34 Collision, the Image Which Astounded Foale Because of its Natural Beauty, the Length of Time the Crew of the Mir Space Station Required to Devise a Plan for Recovery, How the Crew of the Mir Space Station Aligned its Solar Panels With the Sun During Recovery, the Decommission and Destruction of the Mir Space Station by the U.S. Government and Russian Government, the Space Station Which Succeeded the Mir Space Station, the Size of the International Space Station vs the Size of the Mir Space Station, the Foundation of the Life Support Systems Aboard the International Space Station, and the Only Method to Reach to the International Space Station World Wide

On April 12, 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin helped push humanity into the Space Age. The origins of the Soviet space program can be traced back to the devastating losses experienced during World War II. By 1945, the Soviets has lost 25,000,000 (25 million) soldiers and hundreds of cities had be decimated, laying the country in ruins. The ending of World War II caused by the forced domination of Japan by the US demonstrated that in the new world order, power and influence would not be measu...


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