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Space Shuttles: The Race For Space

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“Space Shuttle”, explains the history behind the space shuttle. In the beginning of this movie, we learn a brief history of flight, explaining some of the failures and then informing the audience of the Wright brothers’ first sustained flight of 12 seconds in 1903. The narrator, Jack Perkins, states that because of their flight, a whole new realm of possibilities was opened. . As the video continues, Perkins tells us that on March 16, 1926 a scientist by the name of Dr. Robert Goddard, designed, built, and tested the first liquid fueled rocket. Fast forwarding to 1954, a period often called “The Race For Space”. “The Race For Space” was between Russia and the United States with Russia being the first to send the satellite “Sputnik I in

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