Space race

Oshita Gillis Space Race

By Kaayyllaa_
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik

    Sputnik was the first satellite to orbit the Earth.
  • Sputnik II

    Sputnik II

    The Soviet Union launched a female dog named Laika into space inside of Sputnik II
  • Soviet Vostok 1

    Soviet Vostok 1

    Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space, riding in the Soviet Vostok 1.
  • Freedom 7

    Freedom 7

    Alan Shepard was the first american to go into space.
  • STS-95 Space Shuttle Crew

    STS-95 Space Shuttle Crew

    John Glenn was the first person to orbit around Earth.
  • Vostok 6

    Vostok 6

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space.
  • Voshkod 2

    Voshkod 2

    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov takes the first space walk after he rode the Voshkod 2.
  • Gemini 4

    Gemini 4

    Edward White II was the first American to walk in space.
  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1

    During a test on the launchpad, a fire killed Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee.
  • Soyuz 2

    Soyuz 2

    Soyuz2 crashed and killed Vladimir Komarov who is the first astronaut to die during flight.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon. Armstrong says "That's one small step for a man, but one giant leap for mankind."
  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    An oxygen tank explodes in Apollo 13. With the help of Mission Control, the crew - Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert return to Earth safely four days later.
  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1

    Salyut 1 was the first orbiting space station.
  • Skylab

    Skylab

    Skylab was the first American space station.
  • Apollo-Soyuz mission

    Apollo-Soyuz mission

    American and Soviet spacecraft dock together in space in a show of peaceful cooperation.
  • Viking 1

    Viking 1

    The first rocket to land on Mars.
  • STS-7

    STS-7

    Sally Ride was the first woman to go into space.
  • Woman Space walk

    Woman Space walk

    Svetlana Savitskaya
  • Space shuttle "challenger"

    Space shuttle "challenger"

    First civilian death
  • First year in space

    First year in space

    Musa Manarov and Vladmir Tiov
  • The Hubble Space Telescope

    The Hubble Space Telescope

    First Space telescope
  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10

    First Spacecraft to leave the solar system
  • ISS

    ISS

    The first international space station.
  • Mir

    Mir

    Shannon Lucid made the record of the first american to spend 6 months in space.
  • The Robot Sojourner

    The Robot Sojourner

    A six wheeled, romote controlled, solar powered rover explores the world of Mars. Saojourner was the first surface to travel on another planet.
  • Space Shuttle Discovery

    Space Shuttle Discovery

    At the age of 77, John Glenn is the oldest person to go into space.
  • First Non-Astronaut Goes Into Space

    First Non-Astronaut Goes Into Space

    Dennis Tito is a billionaire from California that was the first person who paid to go into outer space.
  • Yang Liwei

    Yang Liwei

    China successfully sent Yang Liwei into space, making them the third country to sent someone into space.
  • Cassini-Huygens

    Cassini-Huygens

    Cassini-Huygens was the first spacecraft to orbit around the sun.