This course explores the contest between different historic visions of American Space Policy and their global impacts, including: The Moon landings as peaceful exploration and superpower rivalry; Space Junk and Environmental History; Gender and Race in Space; Diplomacy and the International Space Station; and Popular Culture responses to Space, such as the Star Wars movies. Questions underpinning the course include: Why and how did military and civil actors influence US approaches to Space? What have been the physical and psychological effects of American Spaceflight globally? Students will be able to draw on sources ranging from declassified documents and films to interactive computer simulations, examining the origins of Space Policies which continue to shape the 21st Century.

10 x 1-hour interactive lectures and 10 x 1-hour workshop/seminars over ten weeks as scheduled in MyCampus. This is one of the Honours options in History and may not run every year. The options that are running this session are available on MyCampus.

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The standard assessments for this course are:

■ Essay (2,000 words) - 40%

■ Guided Research Project (2,500 words) - 60%

If required, for instance where a disability prevents a student from undertaking a specific method of assessment, the following alternatives are available:

■ There is no alternative to the assessments, but flexible deadlines can be offered as reasonable adjustments (students should follow the usual process for extensions)

Further reasonable adjustments may be provided where necessary. Students are encouraged to consult with the course convenor.

This course aims to:

■ Evaluate the significance of events and debates in US space exploration, from the early Space Age to the early 21st century, and their importance in shaping the global impact of the United States of America on space.

■ Act as professional historians by analysing publicly-available/recently declassified written and audio-visual primary sources and develop transferable skills in independent working and small-group discussion.

■ Gain experience of methods of assessing the multifaceted sociocultural, economic and military impact of new technologies on societies

This course aims to:

■ Evaluate the significance of events and debates in US space exploration, from the early Space Age to the early 21st century, and their importance in shaping the global impact of the United States of America on space.

■ Act as professional historians by analysing publicly-available/recently declassified written and audio-visual primary sources and develop transferable skills in independent working and small-group discussion.

■ Gain experience of methods of assessing the multifaceted sociocultural, economic and military impact of new technologies on societies.