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.