Sputnik 1 The Dawn of the Space Age

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Choosing a topic wasnt easy and it took some time. After looking at many different ideas that we could choose from, space was the topic that interested us the most. After many days of thinking, we decided that two good choices that would relate to space were Sputnik 1 and Apollo 11. We later thought that Apollo 11 is a big topic and isnt unique, and everyone would already know a lot about it. So we finally decided to do Sputnik 1, an event which revolutionized the world in infinite ways. We first went to the library to get a few books as a starting point and get some information. We then got basic information out of those books and started looking at some websites. After that, we searched for some videos for our website and began to put them on our website. Using those videos, we also received information to put on our website. We also got some valuable content from an interview. Our primary sources were gathered by getting a few documents, a speech, and pictures. While getting information out of all these sources we cited ones that we used. We chose to make a website because we both were interested in computers and how people make websites. We started our project by gathering information and organizing the information into sections depending if it happened before, during, or after the launch. We then gathered all of the information and began to put them it on our website. After that we edited our whole website to check if we could make it better or if there were some errors. Sputnik 1 was a major turning point in history mainly because changed the world technologically and economically since its launch in the 1950's. Before the launch of Sputnik 1 while Soviet Union was announcing that they would launch a satellite, the USA underestimated them. The Americans were shocked by its launch which led to them making many tries to launch

a man in space. Sputnik 1 also changed the economics and offered different ways for people to advertise things and started more markets. Sputniks 1 changed technology and made it much better, and if it werent for the launch of Sputnik, no one would be able to call, go on the internet, watch TV and so many different things we take for granted today.

Annotated Bibliography Primary Sources

http://www.archives.gov/global-pages/larger-image.html?i=/education/lessons/sputnikmemo/images/memo-page-1-l.gif&c=/education/lessons/sputnik-memo/images/memopage-1.caption.html n.d. Web. 11 Nov. 2012. This website helped us by providing us with an official document signed by president Eisenhower after the launch of Sputnik. "Launch of Sputnik, October 4, 1957 - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., 2 Feb. 2008. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=TbAXkWPasYw>. On this website there was a video which showed us the Launch of Sputnik. This video was used on our website to show how Sputnik was launched. "National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 (Unamended) ." History Home. N.p., 18 Feb. 2004. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. <http://history.nasa.gov/spaceact.html>. This website helped us by providing us with a PDF of the National Space Act of 1958 which gave NASA more power and is one of the immediate impacts of Sputnik 1. Siddiq, Asif. Someone working with Sputnik. N.d. NASA, NASA.http://space.about.com/. Web. . This picture shows someone working on Sputnik 1.The picture on this website will be useful because it will be used on the website we are making. "Sputnik design." RussianSpaceWeb.com. N.p., 3 Oct. 2012. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. <http://www.russianspaceweb.com/sputnik_design.html This website helped us by providing us with a picture of Sputniks design and told us about how the Soviet had to change many designs to get the right one. "Sputnik: The little metal ball that fueled the Cold War - SFGate." SFGate: San Francisco Bay Area - News, Sports, Business, Entertainment, Classifieds - SFGate. N.p., n.d. Web. 26 Jan. 2013. <http://www.sfgate.com/opinion/article/Sputnik-The-little-metal-ball-thatfueled-the-2536655.php>. This website had information from someone who experienced how America reacted right after Sputnik was launched and helped us by giving us information about what America immediately did to counter back in the Space Race.

Smithsonian. Launch of Sputnik. N.d. Smithsonian National Air and Space Museum., Washington D.C.. http://www.awesomestories.com. Web. 2 Jan. 2013. This website has a picture of Sputniks launch which is one our website to help give a visual of how sputnik was launched Soviet. Prototype of Sputnik. N.d. Smithsonian Air and Space museum, Washington D.C.. Universetoday.com. Web. 8 Jan. 2013. This website has a picture of a prototype of Sputnik which shows one of the designs sputnik couldve been and this picture is used on our website. "This Month in Physics History." APS Physics | APS Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.aps.org/publications/apsnews This website had a picture of Sergei Korolev who created Sputnik. This picture is used on our website to show what he looks like. Walters, Angela. Email interview. 29 Dec. 2012. Mrs. Walter answered some questions that should be answered by people from the time of Sputniks launch and it helped answer other questions that we couldnt find online. "We Choose to go to the Moon - YouTube." YouTube. N.p., 7 Oct. 2007. Web. 15 Jan. 2013. <http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=g25G1M4EXrQ>. This website had a video of the We Choose to Go to the Moon speech. This video was used on our website to show part of the We Choose to Go to the Moon speech.

Secondary Sources

Barbree, Jay. Live from Cape Canaveral: covering the space race, from sputnik 1 to today. New York: Smithsonian Books/Collins, 2007. Print. This book gave us the general idea about Sputnik 1. The relevance of this book was that it told us what effects Sputnik 1 has on us today. Beschloss, Michael. Mayday, The U-2 Affair. New York: Harer and Row, 1986. This website helped us because it gave the information about what happened after World War 2 which caused the launch of Sputnik.

Brzezinski, Matthew. Red moon rising: Sputnik and the hidden rivalries that ignited the Space Age. New York: Times Books, 2007. Print. This book gave us information about Sputniks effect on the world in the late 1950.This was useful because it proved how Sputnik motivated the U.S. to try hard to go to the moon. "Chey's Second Life Blog: Kaboom!." Chey's Second Life Blog. N.p., n.d. Web. 10 Jan. 2013. <http://cheyennepal.blogspot.com/p/earth-orbit.html>. This website provided us with a computer designed image of Sputnik falling to earth which is used in our website. "Sputnik Biographies--Sergei P. Korolev (1906-1966) ." History Home. N.p., 8 Apr. 2005. Web. 18 Jan. 2013. <http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/korolev.html This website helped us by giving us lots of information for our page on Sergei Korolev the man behind Sputnik. "Sputnik: The Satellite That Inspired Generations." UMD Honors - Current Students - University Honors Courses. N.p., n.d. Web. 4 Dec. 2012. http://universityhonors.umd.edu/HONR269J/projects/castell.html This website helped us a lot because it gave us about everything about getting the idea of Sputnik to the launch of Sputnik. This website also gave lots of the effects that Sputnik has on now which helped us a lot. Dickson, Paul. Sputnik: the shock of the century. New York: Walker Pub., 2001. Print. This book provided us information about Sergei Korolev, the person who came up with the idea of Sputnik 1. This book was important because it gave us the information on the rocket that launched Sputnik 1. Feldman, Heather. Sputnik: the first satellite. New York: PowerKids Press, 2003. Print. This source told us how hard it was to create sputnik and its rockets. This book helped us because it gave us some cool facts about Sputnik 1. Lewis, Cathleen S. "Sputnik." World Book Advanced. World Book, 2012. Web. 14 Oct. 2012. This article informed us about the scientific features of the first Sputnik. This source was useful because it states the amount of Sputniks that were created and the amount of journeys. Halberstam, David. The fifties. New York: Villard Books, 1993. Print. This book had information of the 1950s which helped us because Sputnik was launched during in 1957.

Jablonsky,Steve. Arrival to Earth.2007.MP3. This song is used on our website because it sounds like something that would do with space which is what Sputnik is about. Spangenburg, Ray, and Diane Moser.Artificial satellites. New York: Franklin Watts, 2001. Print. The main reason this book helped us was that it gave us a time line of what happened during the space race. This book also gave me some info about America during the space race. "Sputnik." History Home. N.p., n.d. Web. 21 Oct. 2012. http://history.nasa.gov/sputnik/>. This website gave us lots of detailed information about the size of Sputnik 1. This source was useful because it gave us the exact time of the Sputnik 1 launch Launius, Roger D. "Sputnik and the Origins of the Space Age." 1997. NASA. Accessed 2 Apr. 2003. < http://www.hq.nasa.gov/office/pao/History/sputnik/sputorig.html> This website helped us because it gave us information about what America immediately did after Sputnik 1 was launched. This website also helped us by telling us what the Russians were doing before the launch. "Sputnik." United States American History. N.p., n.d. Web. 5 Dec. 2012. <http://www.u-shistory.com/pages/h1716.html>. This website showed us what the Russians had done on the day of the launch of Sputnik and what troubles they faced.