The Space Race
The launch of the Space Race began as early as 1926. The Americans were the first to launch mini rockets, however a German engineer by the name of Wernher von Braun was the first to create a guide able rocket during WWII. His creation would take him far for he knew that his rocket with more research was capable of sending objects to space. It was not until the year of 1957, the launch of Russia's satellite Sputnik, that Braun was able to prove his rocket capabilities.
Though America was faced with difficult at the beginning of the Space Race it did not stop their will to get into space and in the end were able to get a satellite in orbit, Explorer I. Now that objects were known to make it into space there was a new mission to put the first human in space. The new challenge lead to the creation of National Aeronautic and Space Act, a program that was to understand flight testing and rocket launches. The creation of the first man operated space shuttle was well on the way, only now there was a need from someone to fly the shuttle. This lead to the creation of a project called Mercury, named after the winged messenger of Greek Mythology.
Though America was faced with difficult at the beginning of the Space Race it did not stop their will to get into space and in the end were able to get a satellite in orbit, Explorer I. Now that objects were known to make it into space there was a new mission to put the first human in space. The new challenge lead to the creation of National Aeronautic and Space Act, a program that was to understand flight testing and rocket launches. The creation of the first man operated space shuttle was well on the way, only now there was a need from someone to fly the shuttle. This lead to the creation of a project called Mercury, named after the winged messenger of Greek Mythology.