Space race

Zander Davis Space Race

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  • Sputnik Launched By The Soviet Union

    Sputnik Launched By The Soviet Union
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    The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satelite; Sputnik. Sputnik circled the planet beeping radio signals. This event started the cold war between the Soviet Union and the United States.

  • First Animal in Space

    First Animal in Space
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    The Soviet Union launches Sputnik II and Laika, a dog, is aboard. She lived for seven days and then was put to sleep (since she wouldn't have been able to make it back to earth alive). Sputnik II fell back to earth in April 1958.

  • First Human in Space

    First Human in Space
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    Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space aboard the Soviet Vostok 1.

  • First American in Space

    First American in Space
    SourceThe first American in space, Alan Shepard, was sent on-board the Freedom 7 for a sub-orbital flight. The flight lasted 15 minutes and 28 seconds.

  • President John F. Kennedy vows to send men to the moon and back before the end of the decade.

    President John F. Kennedy vows to send men to the moon and back before the end of the decade.
    Image SourceSourceThree weeks after sending the first American into space, President John F. Kennedy vowed to send men to the moon and back before the end of the decade.

  • First American to Orbit Earth

    First American to Orbit Earth
    SourceImage SourceJohn Glen is the first American to orbit Earth. In 4 hours and 56 minutes, he circled the earth three times

  • First Women In Space

    First Women In Space
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    Valentina Tereshkova is launched by the Solviets and spends three days alone in space.

  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk
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    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov is the first to enjoy a walk in space, which lasts for ten minutes.

  • First Deaths in Space

    First Deaths in Space
    SourceSourceApollo 1 astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee die in a fire on the launchpad during a test.

  • The First Cosmonaut To Die During Flight

    The First Cosmonaut To Die During Flight
    Vladimir Komarov, Source died on the Soviet craft Soyuz 2 when it crashes upon re-entry.

  • First Moon Landing

    First Moon Landing
    SourceNeil Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon during the flight of Apollo 11. The second man to walk on the moon is Buzz Aldrin, also aboard the Apollo 11.
    "That's one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind."

  • First Space Rescue

    First Space Rescue
    Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert were aboard the Apollo 13 when an oxygen tank exploded. Mission control helped them return safely back to earth four days later.

  • First Space Station

    First Space Station
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1, the first orbiting space station, is launched by the Soviets. The crew spent a recond 23 days in space but died upon re-entry on June 30 1971.

  • First American Space Station

    First American Space Station
    SourceSkylab, the first American space station, is damaged during the launch. 11 days later, the first of three crews arrive to make in-orbit repairs and set records for amount of time in space. The first crew stays for 28 days.

  • First International Docking in Space

    First International Docking in Space
    SourceDuring the Apollo-Soyuz mission, American and Soviet spacecraft dock together in a show of peaceful cooperation.

  • First Mars Landing

    First Mars Landing
    SourceAn unmanned scientific probe named Viking 1 transmits the first pictures from the surface of Mars. It was controlled by scientists on Earth. In September 1976, Viking 2 arrived.

  • First Reusable Space Vehicle

    First Reusable Space Vehicle
    Image SourceSourceJohn Young and Robert Crippen go into space aboard the space shuttle Columbia. It is the first manned American space mission since July 1975 (Apollo-Soyuz flight).

  • First American Woman in Space

    First American Woman in Space
    SourceSally Ride is the first woman in space. She was part of the crew for the seventh space shuttle flight. STS-7.

  • First Woman to Do a Space Walk

    First Woman to Do a Space Walk
    SourceThe first woman to do a space walk is Svetlana Savitskaya. She was outside of the Soviet space station Salyut 7 for over three hours conducting welding experiments with Vladimir Dzhanibekov, her partner. She became the second woman to fly in space in 1982 during a Soviet mission.

  • First Civilian Death

    First Civilian Death
    SourceAll seven crew members aboard the space shuttle Challenger die when it explodes. One of the members were the first teacher in space, Christa McAuliffe. The other crew members were Francis Scobee, Michael Smith, Judy Resnik, Ron McNair, Ellison Onizuk