Nasa space race 2 1

Space race

By moe95er
  • Sputnik 1 artificial satellite

    Sputnik 1 artificial satellite

    The first satellite to be realeased into space.
  • Period: to

    start to end of space race

  • laika the dog in sputnik 2

    laika the dog in sputnik 2

    Laika was a dog who was launched into space in Sputnik 2.
  • explorer 1

    explorer 1

    Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt
  • NASA

    NASA

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA).
  • Luna 1

    Luna 1

    Luna 1 is launched by the USSR. It is the first man made object to orbit the Sun.
  • mercury seven

    mercury seven

    The "Mercury Seven" astronauts are selected by NASA
  • luna 2

    luna 2

    Luna 2 is launched. It impacts the Moon on September 13, becoming the first man-made object to do so
  • pioneer 1

    pioneer 1

    Pioneer 1 is launched to a height of 70,700 miles
  • Tiros 1

    Tiros 1

    Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched
  • discoverer XIV

    discoverer XIV

    The US launches Discoverer XIV, its first camera equipped spy satellite.
  • John.F.Kennedy becomes president

    John.F.Kennedy becomes president

    John F. Kennedy is elected the 35th President of the United States.
  • first man in space

    first man in space

    Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space.
  • Alan B Shepard first american in space

    Alan B Shepard first american in space

    Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space.
  • Second selected astronauts for NASA

    Second selected astronauts for NASA

    NASA selects its second group of astronauts.
  • first female to enter space

    first female to enter space

    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
  • president kennedy assasinated

    president kennedy assasinated

    President Kennedy is assassinated.
  • mariner 4

    mariner 4

    Mariner 4 returns close ranger images of Mars
  • lunar orbiter 1

    lunar orbiter 1

    Lunar Orbiter 1 enters orbit around the Moon and takes the first picture of the Earth from that distance.
  • apollo 1 capsule fail

    apollo 1 capsule fail

    Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee are killed when a fire ignites in their Apollo 1 capsule while performing a test on the launch pad.
  • zond 5 is launched

    zond 5 is launched

    Zond 5 is launched. It carried a biological payload (including two turtles) around the Moon and returned to Earth six days later.
  • Neil Armstrong ,first man on moon.

    Neil Armstrong ,first man on moon.

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.