space race

By johnson99
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    The Cold War

  • New Mexico bomb test

    New Mexico bomb test

    First nuclear bomb ever tested
  • Hiroshima

    Hiroshima

    Japan Bombing
  • Nagasaki

    Nagasaki

    second Japan bombing
  • NATO Formed

    NATO Formed

    Collective defense
  • Soviet Development of Nuclear Weapons

    Soviet Development of Nuclear Weapons

    Start of the Cold War
  • First ICBM

    First ICBM

    First Intercontinental balistics missile
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite to be launched into space
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    the Space Race

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2

    leika the dog was the first living creature to be sent into space

  • Sputnik 5

    First animals to be sent into orbit and return alive
  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1

    First human space flight
  • Cuban Missile Crissis

    Cuban Missile Crissis

    USSR had a nuclear weapons base in Cuba
  • Mariner 4

    Mariner 4

    Mars Flyby
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    "One small step for man, one giant leap for mankind" -Neil Armstrong
  • Apollo 12

    Apollo 12

    Bustin' moves on the moon