Space race

Space Race

By Necromorph141

  • Sputnik 1 Launched

    Sputnik 1 Launched
    The space race -- History.comThe Russian Soviet union started the space race by launching the "Sputnik 1." This became the world's first artificial satellite ever to be launched into earth's orbit, hovever, this was not the first to go to the moon, and not the first manned space vessel.

  • Explorer 1 Launched

    Explorer 1 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com The launching of the satellite "Sputnik 1" shocked, and planted a seed of curiosity in America, were they began building their own satellite. The "Explorer 1" was launched a year after "Sputnik 1." This satellite was designed by Scientist Wernher von Braun, and was the first U.S. satellite to enter space.

  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded
    The Space Race -- History.com A few months after the "Explorer 1" was launched, President Dwight D. Eisenhower founded the National Aeronautics and Space Administration, or as it is usually refered to, NASA. This foundation works with everything about space, thereby fueling the fire of the Space Race.

  • Luna 2 Launched

    Luna 2 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com The soviet union made a big scientfic breakthrough when they launched the "Luna 2" because it was the first ever space-probe to hit the moon. This took the Space Race one step further.

  • Vostok 1 Launched

    Vostok 1 Launched
    href='http://www.history.com/topics/space-race' >The Space Race -- History.com</a> The Soviet Union now made a massive scientific breakthrough by sending a human into space. His name was Yury Gagarin, and he orbited the Earth in the capsule-like confinement of the "Vostok 1."

  • Freedom 7 Launched

    Freedom 7 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com The "Freedom 7" was launched as part of the Murcury Program, a program to send Americans into space to orbit Earth for the first time. Abord this vessel was a single man, his name was Alan Shepard, and he was the first American to ever enter space. Though not the first American to ever orbit Earth.

  • Friendship 7 Launched

    Friendship 7 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com The "Friendship 7" was the first American Space Ship to ever take an American in an orbit around the Earth. The American being orbited was John Glenn, who was the first American to orbit Earth. John Glenn was also a Colonel in world war two, and an Ohio senator.

  • Apollo 8 Launched

    Apollo 8 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com The "Apollo Mission" was started with the intension of landing American astronauts on the moon. This "Apollo 8" mission was the first successful space ship to ever orbit the moon. However, this space ship was not the first to land on the moon. The men on this mission were Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders.

  • Space Race Completion

    Space Race Completion
    The Space Race -- History.com With landing on the moon, and the Apollo success, America had finally won the Space Race! America's space program continues to thrive even to this day.

  • Apollo 11 Launched

    Apollo 11 Launched
    The Space Race -- History.com America had finally successfully landed a spacecraft on the moon with the "Apollo 11" mission. When the Apollo Mission first started, President John F. Kennedy said "The U.S. would land a man on the moon before the end of the decade" this task had been fulfilled. The crew of the Apollo 11 was: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin. Neil Armstrong was the first to set foot on the moon.