Space race

Milla space race timeline

By frydemil
  • first satellite in space by USSR

    first satellite in space by USSR

    Sputnik was the first satellite USSR sent to space, it made America upset because they wanted to do it first.
  • first animal in space by USSR

    first animal in space by USSR

    Laika was the first animal sent in space on the sputnik 2 spacecraft
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    Explorer was the name of the first satellite in space by USA
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed to help research problems with spacecraft.
  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA

    Ham the chimpanzee went on a successful journey in space and survived.
  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first human to go into outer space.
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    Alan Shepard became the first American and sencond man in space.
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    John H. Glenn was the first American that orbited earth, he was in the spacecraft "friendship 7"
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    John F. Kennedy held speech saying they were going to the moon in the 60's.
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    Alexei Leonov did an EVA for 12 minutes and 9 seconds.
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    Edward White lasted 23 minutes in an EVA.
  • gemini 7

    gemini 7

    Gemini 7 had Frank Borman and Jim Lovell onboard. It was the longest gemini mission, it was 14 days long.
  • gemini 6A

    gemini 6A

    Gemini 6A had the astronauts Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford. The purpose was to make a rendezvous with gemini 7 in earth orbit.
  • Original Gemini 9

    Original Gemini 9

    Elliot M. See and Charles A. Bassett II were supposed to go on gemini 9 but four months before the mission they were in a plane crash into the building where they were building the space craft for gemini 9. Elliot M. See was the pilot and he crashed due to bad weather.
  • gemini 12

    gemini 12

    Gemini 12 carried Jim Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. It was the last gemini mission. The mission was significant because it proved that astronauts effectively can work outside of the spacecraft in an EVA. It included 3 EVAs.
  • apollo 1 crew

    apollo 1 crew

    When apollo 1 crew were testing on the launch pad a fire started and killed the astronauts Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee and Ed White.
  • apollo 7

    apollo 7

    It was the first crewed test of the command and service module
  • apollo 8

    apollo 8

    The first mission that took human to the moon
  • apollo 9

    apollo 9

    Apollo 9 were the first flight with the full apollo spacecraft.
  • apollo 10

    apollo 10

    In apollo 10 they prepared to walk on the moon for the next mission. Apollo 10 was the first crewed mission where they operated around the moon.
  • apollo 11

    apollo 11

    apollo 11 was the first time human ever walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the moon followed by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin.