Space race

By jmckinnis0595
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    Space race

    This timeline tells about space exploration

  • Dog in space

    Dog in space
    Americans and the USSR sent dogs in space to ensure that their equipment would be able to support life and was safe for human use.

  • Sputnik 1 launch

    Sputnik 1 launch
    In 1957 russian scientist launched the first ever sattelite.It sent radio signals and made a unique beeping noise as it flew through space.

  • First succesful us sattelite

    First succesful us sattelite
    The first sattelite launched by the us was the explorer one and it was 80 inches long. It weighed 18 pounds. It was the first succsesful sattelite launched by the us.

  • Nasa founded

    Nasa founded
    On july 29 of 1958 president Dwight Eisenhower founded NASA to explore and research outer space. Today NASA is recognized for its amazing areonautics acomplitments.

  • Monkey in space

    Monkey in space
    In 1983 america sent a monkey into space to test their equipment,suits, and space ships. This monkey was used for research and saved lives when they used it to improve their equipment.

  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon
    On march 1961 Neil arnstrong was the first man ever to land on the moon. He was part of gemini 8 to claim the moon for the us.

  • First man in space

    First man in space
    In 1961 was the first man in space. This was a great accomplishment because nobody had ever sent a human into space.

  • First man to orbit earth

    First man to orbit earth
    The first man to orbit earth was Yuri Gargarin. and collected information and data for russian scientists. This was a great accomplishment because no one had done it before

  • first us man to orbit earth

    first us man to orbit earth
    In 1962 john glenn was officialy the first man to orbit the earth. he also collected data for the USA.

  • first women in space

    first women in space
    the first woman in space was valentien a russian who helped to research and collect data about the space.

  • Gemini 7

    Gemini 7
    Gemini 7 was the 20th space flight of all time. It entered into space in 1905 and spent 13 days in space. In those 13 days the Gemini 7 orbited earth 200 times !

  • first us spacewalk

    first us spacewalk
    In 1965 Ed White on the gemini 4 walked in space for 23 minutes and accomplished this for the U.S.A.

  • first space walk

    first space walk
    In 1965 alexa lenove walked in space. this was a expieriment to test th gravity in space and how it affected walking.