Space race

History of the space race

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  • Spudnick 1

    Spudnick 1
    This is important because Spudnick 1 was the cause of the space race between the United States and the Soviet Union. It was also important because it was the first artificial satellite in space.

  • The space dog

    The space dog
    This is important because it showed that actual life could go up to space and live for a limited amount of time. Later the U.S. did a simalar test to see if they weren't lying. They sent a monkey, named Ham to space.

  • N.A.S.A. is born

    N.A.S.A. is born
    This is important because this was the major thing that would get us to the moon. The U.S, was paying a lot of money just to get a man on the moon and get them safely back.

  • First person in space

    First person in space
    This is important because it was a great accomplishment for man kind.

  • John F. kennedy's speech

    John F. kennedy's speech
    This is important because John F. Kennedy said that we should work together as a country to get a man on the moon before the Soviet union accomplished this.

  • luna 9

    luna 9
    This is important because Luna 9 was the first unmaned probe to have a soft landing on the moon and send data back to the Earth.

  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1
    This is important because it was the first apollo mission by the U.S. to get a man to the moon. But it did not get to it's target instead it caught fire with the three astonauts in it during a training exercise.

  • Appolo 11

    Appolo 11
    This is important because Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first two people to walk on the moon unlike all the failed attemps by the Soviet Union and the U.S. That was when the U.S. had won the space race against the Soviet union.

  • Space race is offically over

    Space race is offically over
    This is important because it was the finish line to the space race and a friendship with different places, but like all good friendships it goes too soon. The date that the idea was thought was actually on the 10TH not the 30TH. The 30TH was when Ronald Ragan signed the order.

  • ISS launch

    ISS launch
    ISS stands for international space station it serves as a hotel for astronauts in space. It is important because the U.S. and 15 other countries worked to build it and send it to space. Now that's a lot of counties working for such a goal.