The conquest of space

The conquest of space, from 1957 to todaywith Jacques Villain, Academy of Air and Space
The launch of Sputnik in 1957 to conquer Mars twenty-first century, there is only one step that you propose to cross Jacques Villain, Space historian, member of the Academy of the Air and Space. It stands in the show the highlights of the conquest of space, with its political, military and especially issues ... economic.

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Conquer the moon! In the second century, the writings show that men imagined space travel.The writers have continued to make us dream ... We think Jules Verne course, but do not forget Ariosto's Orlando Furioso and the four horses which we are in heaven. As for Cyrano de Bergerac it takes us closer to the stars in his comic History of the States and Empires of the sun in the seventeenth century. Today science fiction novels and films of the same genre have taken over.It took more than eighteen centuries to go from dream to reality!
A little history
We know the year 1957 for the launch of Sputnik and the launch of the dog Laika a month later.However, less is known about the name of the genius who was at the initiative of the first: Sergei Pavlovich Korolev. And because his name is not classified state secret Soviet authorities and will not be revealed until the day after his death in 1966!Jacques Villain us a portrait of the Soviet scientist worthy of a hero of romance.Falsely accused of espionage is locked several years in one of the toughest gulags. He lost his teeth, nearly died before being rescued by Tupolev. Both are incarcerated in labor camps "for scientists." Once released, the government asks Sergei Pavlovich Korolev to tackle the construction of a rocket ... which is nothing, after several turns, Sputnik 1.
The success of Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2 shortly after, are a surprise and a blow to the United States.Fort this reversal of "forces," the Soviet Union continues its conquest of space.Teams of scientists work tirelessly. The next step is to send the first man in space. And this will be done April 12, 1961 with Yuri Gagarin.The United States will not support a fourth snub. They pull themselves together and resume their hands on the conquest of space. On 21 December 1968 three Americans off from Cape Canaveral for an overview of the Earth. This is the Apollo 8 mission. Seven months later, the 20 (or 21 depending on which hemisphere you are) July 1969 Neil Armstrong set foot on the Moon. The Americans (...)
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