Space

Space race

By Rigo 11
  • Launching of sputnik 1

    Launching of sputnik 1

    The first artifical satelite to go around Earth's orbit. It was launched by the soviet union and marked the begining of the space race.
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    Space Race

  • Laika the dog

    Laika the dog

    First animal in space. She died because they couldn't bring her down.
  • NASA

    NASA

    NASA was found as the space race is going
  • Luna 1

    Luna 1

    First human made satellite to orbit the moon
  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1

    Vostok 1 was launched into orbit with Yuri
  • First man in orbit

    First man in orbit

    Orbited for 108 minutes. He was known as Yuri Gagarin a small farmer that became a pilot.
  • Ranger 7

    Ranger 7

    Made close range photographs of the moon
  • venus 3

    venus 3

    Venus 3 launched making the first space craft to hit venus
  • Surveyyor 1

    Surveyyor 1

    First space craft to soft land on the moon
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    the first fully staffed Apollo mission
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    First fully staffed soft landing on the moon
  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    Another lunar landing mission. the oxygen tanks exploded which leaves the mission to fail but the astronauts returned safely.
  • Apollo 15

    Apollo 15

    David Scott and James Irwin drove the first moon rover
  • Mariner 9

    Mariner 9

    the first spacecraft to orbit around mars
  • Apollo 17 returns

    Apollo 17 returns

    The Eleventh and final manned mission. it was also the 6th lunar landing.