Chloe's Space Race timeline

First animal in space by USA

Jun 14, 1949

USA sent Albert a rhesus monkey

First Satellite by USSR- Soviet Union

Oct 4, 1957

USSR successfully launched Sputnik I. Which was the first one ever launched.

First animal in space by USSR

Nov 3, 1957

Laika, The soviet space dog was the first animal to orbit in space.

Creation of NASA

1958

National Aeronautics and Space Administration was passed by congress to compete with the Soviets.

FIrst Satellite by USA

Jan 31, 1958

USA sent Explorer I, their first Satellite

First man in space by USA

1961

Alan Shepard was the first man in space by USA

First man to orbit in space By USSR

1961

Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit space

First man in space By USSR

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space from the USSR

Jfk"s commitment to the moon

1962

In his speech in 1962 he declared the Moon and so NASA was working towards that.

FIrst US man to orbit in Space

1962

John Glen was the first man from America o Orbit Space.

First man to orbit in space By USSR

Mar 18, 1965

Alexie Leonov was the first man to be outside his spacecraft. His time is 12 minutes and 9 seconds

3 events that helped the Gemini missions

Mar 23, 1965

US mastered the LEO (low orbit flying) by sending 10 crews to do so. John Glenns friendship 7's heat shield was loose and almost killed him. Gemini 3 was the first successful space orbit around the sun.

Flash Fire Tragedy

Jan 27, 1967

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were testing heir capsule and flash fire broke out and killed them all right before a apollo mission.

First U.S man to do an EVA

Jul 21, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first ones in the US. Their time was 2 hours and 36 minutes.