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Space Race

By jjenkins04
  • Launch of Sputnik I

    Launch of Sputnik I

    The USSR sends the Sputnik satellite into space. It was the size of a basketball.
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    Space Race

  • USSR Launches Sputnik 2

    USSR Launches Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2 is sent into space by the USSR with a dog on board by the name of Laika
  • 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.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed

    NASA is formed to replace the NACA
  • Yuri Gagarin Orbits the Earth

    Yuri Gagarin Orbits the Earth

    Yuri Gagarin, a Russian Astronaut, orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space.
  • Alan Shepard goes into space

    Alan Shepard goes into space

    Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space with his sub-orbital flight lasting 15 minutes.
  • Grissom sub-orbital flight, second American in space

    Grissom sub-orbital flight, second American in space

    Gus Grissom is launched on a sub-orbital flight. His Liberty-Bell capsule is lost when it fills with water and sinks after splashdown
  • Vostok 2 flight

    Vostok 2 flight

    Gherman Titov spends 1 day in space aboard Vostok 2 sent by the USSR.
  • Alexei Leonev preforms first spacewalk

    Alexei Leonev preforms first spacewalk

    Sent by the USSR, Alexei Leonev is the first man to "walk" in space.
  • First manned Gemini flight

    First manned Gemini flight

    Gus Grissom and John Young fly the first manned Gemini spacecraft.
  • USSR Vanera 4

    USSR Vanera 4

    The Russian Vanrea 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus.
  • First men to walk on the moon!!!

    First men to walk on the moon!!!

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to walk on the moon and theyre American!
  • Preision Lunar Landing Surveyor 3 probe

    Preision Lunar Landing Surveyor 3 probe

    Pete Conrad and Alan Bean perform the first precision lunar landing, touching down just 600 feet from the Surveyor 3 probe that arrived two years earlier
  • Mariner 9 orbits Mars

    Mariner 9 orbits Mars

    The Mariner 9 is the first satellite to orbit another planet.
  • Return of Apollo 17

    Return of Apollo 17

    The very last Apollo space flight returns from the moon.