Space Exploration

By sans88@ksdr1.net

  • soviets launched sputnik 1

    Ths was the start to the Space Race. It made the us government worry they are going to launch missles and use the sattalitte to spy on the us.

  • Soviets lauch sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2 carried a small dog named lakia. This was a test to see if mamual could survive in space.From this experiment/launch the soviets found out that mamuals can survive in space as long as they are provided with food,water,protection from space elements, and are provided with oxigen.

  • U.S.A launches Explorer 1 into orbit

    It was the U.S.A's first sattilite in space.

  • soviets launch luna 1

    Luna 1 was the very first man made object to orbit the sun.

  • luna 2 is launched

    Luna 2 was the first man made object to impact the moon

  • soviets launch luna 3

    Luna 3 took pictures of 70% of the moon.

  • U.S.A lauches explorer XIV

    Explorer XIV was the first camers equiped spy sattilte.

  • Soviets launch first human in space

    The soviets lanched the first human into space and he survived and made it back proving humans can survive in space.

  • Alan B. Shepard was the first american in space.

    He was the first amercan to expirence A trip to space. This gave the americans a person who expirenced space flight and could explain the expirence and tell them how to make things better.

  • Neil Armstrong and Edwin Were the first people on the moon

    They were the very first humans in the moon. They also collected Mon rocks to bring back to Earth.