Space Race

By capricorn1228

  • Launching of Sputnik 1

  • Russian Send The First Animal Into Orbit (Laika, a dog) Sputnik 2

    USSR

  • Explorer 1, reached satellite orbit

    Lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt
    American

  • Explorer 2 is launched but failed to orbit

    American

  • Sputnik 3 Is Launched

    USSR

  • John F. Kennedy is elected 35th president

    My choice

  • Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once, first man in space

    USSR

  • Alan Shepard is the first American man in space

    American

  • President Kennedy is assassinated.

    Choice

  • Venus 3 is launched.

    USSR

  • Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.

    USSR

  • Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, dies in a plane crash.

    Choice

  • Assassination of Martin Luther King Jr

    Choice

  • Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon.

    Choice

  • Apollo 17's Return From The Moon

    American

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