Space race

Space Race

By JackQuestions

  • The Race Begins

    The Race Begins
    In the late 1950's space became the new arena for friendly competition. The vastness of space pitted two of the world's largest superpowers to go head to head.

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    By the mid 1950s Soviet Russia had become the second world super power with nuclear arms. On October 4, 1957 a Soviet R-7 ballistic missile launched the first satellite nicknamed "Sputnik"

  • US Enters the Space Race

    US Enters the Space Race
    In 1958, the US launched a satellite of its own, Apollo I. Apollo I was designed by the US army under the direction of Wernher von Braun.

  • Luna II

    Luna II
    In 1959 the Soviet space program aunches Luna II. Luna II was the first probe to hit the moon.

  • Yuri

    Yuri
    In April 1961, Yuri Gargarin became the first man to orbit the Earth. He traveled in the Volstok I.

  • Unofficial End

    Unofficial End
    On July 16, 1969, US astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first men on the moon. Apollo 11 was the first attempt to land on the moon.,