Lasting Legacy
"Looking at the earth from afar you realize it is you realize it is too small for conflict and just big enough for cooperation"
~ Yuri Gagarin
The launch of the Sputnik 1 left a spark that ignited the world. It started a revolution, known to us as the space race, that still has implications today. Apollo, the ISS, and even NASA would not exist if the push from the launch didn't happen. The innovation, even if founded by jealousy, made history that is still in progress today.
Freedom 7 -
First american in space
Vostok 6 -
First woman/civilian in space
Voskhod 2 -
First spacewalk
Mariner 4 -
First voyage around mars
Apollo 11 -
First man on the moon
This fight between the superpowers was turned into a positive, with these launches pushing space exploration, which had little to no interest from the public, forward which created a legacy that is still happening to this day.