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v. t. e. Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin —the first man in the outer space. The Soviet space program [1] ( Russian: Космическая программа СССР, romanized : Kosmicheskaya programma SSSR) was the national space program of the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics (USSR), active from 1955 until the dissolution of the Soviet ...
The Space Race was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability. It had its origins in the ballistic missile-based nuclear arms race between the two nations following World War II and had its peak with the more particular Moon Race to land on the Moon between the US moonshot and Soviet moonshot programs.
This is a timeline of space exploration which includes notable achievements, first accomplishments and milestones in humanity's exploration of outer space . This timeline generally does not distinguish achievements by a specific country or private company, as it considers humanity as a whole. See otherwise the timeline of private spaceflight or ...
This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race.. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.
National Aeronautics and Space Administration. / 38.88306°N 77.01639°W / 38.88306; -77.01639. The National Aeronautics and Space Administration ( NASA; / ˈnæsə /) is an independent agency of the U.S. federal government responsible for the civil space program, aeronautics research, and space research.
www.zs.com. ZS Associates is a management consulting and professional services firm focusing on consulting, software, and technology, headquartered in Evanston, Illinois that provides services for clients in healthcare, private equity, and technology. The firm was founded in 1983 by two professors at Northwestern University who developed sales ...
v. t. e. Project Gemini ( IPA: / ˈdʒɛmɪni /) was the second United States human spaceflight program to fly. Conducted after the first American manned space program, Project Mercury, while the Apollo program was still in early development, Gemini was conceived in 1961 and concluded in 1966. The Gemini spacecraft carried a two-astronaut crew.
The Hewlett-Packard Company, commonly shortened to Hewlett-Packard (/ ˈ h juː l ɪ t ˈ p æ k ər d / HYEW-lit PAK-ərd) or HP, was an American multinational information technology company headquartered in Palo Alto, California.