space race

By boatm89

  • sputnik 1

    sputnik 1
    the 4th of october is when sputnik 1 was lanched into the orbit and the space race began.

  • explorer 1

    explorer 1
    the u.s lanched explorer 1 in responce to sputnik 1

  • NASA

    NASA
    July 29th is the day that the u.s created the National Aeronautics and Space Administration which is also known as NASA.

  • vostok 1

    vostok 1
    Vostok 1 was lanched into space by the Soviets and there was a human inside it. that humans name was Yuri Gagarin.

  • apollo program

    apollo program
    May 25th is when president John f. Kennedy made his speech and started the apollo missions which was sending people to the moon and back safely.

  • friendship 7

    friendship 7
    the friendship 7 had John Gleen inside it and that man was the first american to orbit the earth.

  • first woman in space

    first woman in space
    the first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova.

  • u.s won

    u.s won
    this is the day when the u.s won the space race by sending Neil Armsrong to the moon and back

  • space station

    space station
    this was when a internation space station was set into the orbit.

  • european space agency

    european space agency
    this is important because on that day the Euopeans launched an unpiloted spacecraft to orbit the moon.