The space race

Space Race

  • Launching of Sputnik 1

    the first satellite to orbit Earth
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    Space Race

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    Launched the Sputnik 2 wich carried a small dog named Laika Which died shortly after entering space
  • Explore 1

    it was the first American satellite to reach orbit and helped scientist know about the Van Allen raditaion belts
  • Luna 3

    Luna 3
    Luna 3 orbits the moons and captures 70 percent of it
  • Tiros 1

    Tiros 1
    Tiros 1 is the first successful satillete to launch
  • Discoverer XIV

    Discoverer XIV
    the first camrea equiped spy satellite
  • Yuri Gagarin

    Was the first man in the outerspace and orbited the earth for 108 miutes
  • Alan B Shepard

    Alan B Shepard
    Alan Shepard was the first American to go into outer space
  • Titov

    Titov
    Spends a whole day in space abourd Vostok 2
  • John Glenn

    John Glenn
    John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times
  • Marina 4

    Marina 4
    returns with a close picture of mars
  • Venus 3

    Venus 3
    the first man made object to touch Venus
  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    the Luna 10 was the first satellite to orbit the moon
  • the first to walk on the moon

    the first to walk on the moon
    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to walk on the moon
  • Apollo 17's return from the moon

    Apollo 17's return from the moon