A Brief Look at the Space Race

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A Brief Look at the Space Race

"Here, we take you to gaze on, perhaps, the greatest period of human history."

2014

0h 19m

9.5(2 votes)

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Overview

This was a project done for a AP US History course, hence the mundane performances and obvious budgetary restraints. It is in our honor to present you a glimpse into the Space Race.

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8 members

Writing

Alex Montgomery

Nikita Khrushchev

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Luke Henshaw

Von Braun/Ivan Voice/Richard Nixon

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Leonide Acevedo

Alan Shepard/Leonid Brezhnev

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Gabriel Munoz

Dwight D. Eisenhower

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Orion Good

Assistant/Marilyn Monroe

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Vicente Pina

John F. Kennedy

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Patrick Parani

Yuri Gagarin

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Leigh Sena

Lyndon Johnson

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