Nick's Blog: July 2009
What If: Space Race
The Space Race was a competition, not in the traditional sense, between United States and the Soviet Union to get in to space. The Soviets launched Sputnik 1 on 4th October 1957 into Earth orbit. This was the first time a man-made object had been launched from the Earth’s surface and placed into space.
The Space Race then intensified to getting a man into space. Both sides had minor successes, and failures, and used animals to experiment on. The Soviets again were the first to succeed in getting a man into space with cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin on 12th April 1961.
TV/Film Review: Blue Planet
Despite 75% of the Earth being covered in water, we know very little about the creatures and plant life in the Seas.
