Cold War and NASA By irene ceccolini 1945 Cold War started 1953 Katherine Johnson worked for NASA 1953-1986 1957 The US and Soviet Union announced that they soon launch satellites into orbit Oct 4, 1957 Russians placed the first successful satellite into orbit Oct 1, 1958 NASA opened for business Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard was the first american in space Feb 20, 1962 Jhon Glenn was the first american to orbit the earth Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon 1975 Soviet Union and US begginning to become friendlier 1975 Space Race was effectely over 1991 Cold War finished
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