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NASA's Creation
NASA is created and assigned the responiblity to send the first man to the moon. -
NASA choses its seven Astronauts
NASA fillay choses its first astronauts. They will become to be know as the first seven. -
Soviets successfully launch Yuri Gagarin into Orbit
The soviets launch Yuri Gagarin into orbit of earth for 108 minutes then saftly landed back on Earth. -
Alan Shepard proves America is still in the Race!!
Alan Shepard gets launched into a suborbit and proves that America is still in the space race -
Challanges Nation
President John F. Kennedy adresses congress and challanges the natation to go to the moon before the decade ends. -
NASA Introduces New Project
NASA announces the nes Gemini Program. -
John Glen
John Glenn is launched into orbit of Earth and successfully orbits Earth 3 times. -
Walter Schirra
Walter Schirra is launched into orbit and successfully orbits Earth 6 times. -
Mariner 2
Mariner 2 successfully flies past Venus becoming the first spacecraft to visit a different planet. Mariner 2 enters Solar Orbit. -
L. Gordon Cooper
L. Gordon Cooper successfully spends 34 hours in space, He becomes the last American to fly is space alone. -
Valentia Tereshkova
Russian Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman is space. -
President John F. Kennedy
Presideny John F. Kennedy is assassinated. -
Rager 7
Ranger 7 transmits the first close up images of the moon. -
Alexei Leonov
Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his spacecraft preforming the first space walk. -
Frank Borman and James Lovell
Frank Borman and James Lovell begin a two week stay in Earth's orbit aboard Gemini 7. -
Luna 9
Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. -
Luna 10
Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the moon -
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov
Cosmonaut Vladimir Komarov is killed when the parachute of his Soyuz 1 capsule fails to deploy during re-enty. -
Zond 5
Zond 5 is launched and it holds 2 turtles and it brings them around the Moon and back to Earth 6 days later. -
THE SPACERACE ENDS!!!
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon. Therefore ends the spacrace.
