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Space Race

By linmachayo2013
  • Launching of Sputnik 1

    Launching of Sputnik 1

    Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to be put in Earths Orbit
  • Russia sends first animal into space

    Russia sends first animal into space

    Was also the first animal to die in space
  • USA Sends first manmade communications satellite

    USA Sends first manmade communications satellite

    It was up there for 12 days , It was USA'S first win
  • Russia is the First to take Photos of the Moons Far side

    Russia is the First to take Photos of the Moons Far side

    it was the first time people got to see the hidden side of the moon
  • USA gets the first object succesfully recovered from space

    USA gets the first object succesfully recovered from space

    it was a Corona Satellite
  • Soviet Union sends first man to Space

    Soviet Union sends first man to Space

    Yuri Gagarin was the first man to ever be in Space
  • Russia sends the first man to ever spend 24 hours in space.

    Russia sends the first man to ever spend 24 hours in space.

    Gherman Titov was also the first man to sleep in space
  • Russia Sends First Woman into Space

    Russia Sends First Woman into Space

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman into space she spent 3 days orbiting the earth 48 times.
  • USA sends the first manned shuttle to leave earths orbit

    USA sends the first manned shuttle to leave earths orbit

    Apollo 8 was the first shuttle to orbit around the moon , the 60's were horrible but this one mission saved the year for alot of people
  • USA sends first man to ever walk on the moon

    USA sends first man to ever walk on the moon

    Neil Armstrong was the First Man ever to walk on the moon
  • USA sends first manned shuttle to spend the most time in space

    USA sends first manned shuttle to spend the most time in space

    Was called the Succesful Failure
  • Apollo 17 returns from the moon

    Apollo 17 returns from the moon

    Was the Final Apollo Mission