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Explorer 1
Explorer 1 was the first Amercian satellite put into earth's orbit. It was launched after the Soviet's Sputnik 1 and 2. The satellite remained in orbit until 1970 and was the first to record the Van Allen radiation belt. It was the first of the 90 Explorer spacecraft series. -
NASA formed
07/29/1958 NASA Formed The National Aeronautics and Space Administration or NASA was formed by the United States during the space race for more aeronautics and aerospace research. It controls all missions and launches to space. -
First Weather Satalite
Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the United States. It lived for about 78 days and it died. -
Europe joins space race
06/14/1962 Europe joins the space race Since Russia and the U.S. started the race, The European space research organization has been jealous and wanted to compete -
president kennedy
09/12/1962 President Kennedy inspires people President Kennedy gave a speech at Rice University to tell people about his interest for space research. -
First woman in space
On the 16th of June Valentina Tereshkova went into space on a Russian spacecraft called The Vostok 6. -
president kennedy assassinated
This is a major loss in the Space Race because he put everything into putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
First American space walk
Ed Whit e was the first American to complete a spacewalk. He was sent on the mission Gemini 4. White was in space for 23 mintues and was over Hawaii and the Gulf of Mexico. -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon. It was a three man crew containing Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders. The mission took three days and took 10 orbits in 20 hours. On Christmas Eve the crew read the first 10 verses of Genisis while broadcasting the view on television. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first flight that took men to the moon and was a project of the United States. This was a great achievement because the US had reached the moon before the Soviets.
