space race

By hdrowns2016

  • Sputnik 1

    Soviet Union launched, begun the race for space
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  • Project Mercury

    Alan B. Shepard became the first U.S. citizen in space

  • Yuri

    first human in space

  • Mariner 2

    explored Venus's atmosphere

  • John Glenn

    first U.S. citizen to orbit the earth

  • Surveyor

    Space craft landed on moons surface indicating that it could have humans land on moon.

  • Apolo 11

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin steped on the moons surface

  • Pioneer 1

    First probe to go as far as Jupiter