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Dog in space
After testing out with the monkey they tested out with a dog initially first named Kudryavka then later named Laika. Unfortunately the dog expired due to low oxygen on the 6th day of space. -
Sputnik 1 launch
Sputnick 1 was first launched as a satelite into space by the U.S.S.R . The U.S.S.R's plan was to launch the first satelite to orbit the Earth and see essentially what their enemies the U.S.A, NASA where doing and then they would make an advancement . That was the very beginning of the space race! -
First U.S satalite succesfully launched
Now after the sputnick satelite wasv launched in space, the U.S.A decided to launch a rocket into space. This allowed the United States to see what the russians were doing. -
NASA was founded
NASA was founded and then were also working secretly on a better satelite to orbit the Earth and see what the U.S.S.R were up to. -
monkey in space
After the failure of sending the dog Laika in space the scientists might have been more prepared about oxygen conditions and are probably have called succes for this event. This monkey survived and not only became the first animal survived in spaced it was the firwst living thing survived in space! -
First man orbiting Earth
Well after testing out to launch in space, the russians wanted to orbit the Earth and stay ahead. Yuri Gagarin (also the first man in space) was the first man to orbit the whole Eath! -
First U.S man in space
Now that we have tried launching a living thing in space we will finally try to launch a man in space, the first man was Yuri Gagarin. He was a russian person who was launched in space with the satelite. -
First U.S man to orbit the Earth
After NASA sent the first U.S man in space NASA wanted to be ahead and sent the first U.S man to orbit Earth so they could catch up with the russians in the space race. -
First woman in space
Finally after all the succeses of the men in space the russians thought that maybe to be ahead they should now send a woman in space. So the woman Valentina Tereshkova went into space for the russsians to stay ahead in the space race -
First space walk
Alexey Leonov was a russsian who made the first spacewalk in march, 18-1965 succesfully.This got the russians ahead in the spacerace big time -
first U.S spacewalk
Ed white was the first american who conducted the very first U.S spacewalk to cath up in the space race. -
Gemini 7
Now we wanted to be ahead of the russians so we tried launching rockets in space to stay there and explode there. -
Apollo 8
The second crewed mission after the gemini 7 to the moon. -
First man to walk on moon
Now NASA wanted to get in the lead of the spacerace so they were going to send American astronauts to walk on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin set of on their journey to walk on the moon. Although they both set off at the same time Neil was a little more important so he was the first man on the moon and Buzz was second.
