Sputnik and the Space Age Ten Years On
Moscow correspondent reviews a decade since Sputnik 1 showing how the USSR and the United States pioneered unmanned and manned spaceflight. It notes milestones from Gagarin to Komarov, the rise of Soyuz and Gemini, and the costly lessons learned in 1967.
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Soviet Union
Richard Longworth
UPI
Moscow
Richard C. Longworth
Russia
West
United States
Dwight D. Eisenhower
White House
Nikita S. Khrushchev
Kremlin
Cape Kennedy
Canaveral
Baikonur
Aral Sea
Glenn and
Gagarin
Titov
Tereshkove
Shirra
Shepard
America
Tass
Ussr
New York
Washington
Stuart’ Symington
Pearl Harbor
Richard’ Russell
Styles Bridges
Alexei Leonov
Leonov
U.S
Venus
Mars
Moon
Space
Vladimir Komarov
Ural Mountains
Komarov
Space program costs spark giant US industry growth
In the decade since Sputnik, NASA has grown into a major federal agency drawing up to 9 billion annually, with a 35 000 workforce and 260 000 private sector workers supporting a moon mission drive. Moon rocket parts are manufactured nationwide, with key stages built in Huntsville Le Beach Huntington Beach and New Orleans, linked by water logistics and two large cargo airways.
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AL Rossiter JR
Cape Kennedy
UPD
Sputnik
United States
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NASA
U.S. Treasury
Defense Department
Russia
New Orleans
le Beach
Calif
Huntingin Beach
Apace
Moonport
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