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Space Race

By shrynnoline
  • Launch of Sputnik

    Launch of Sputnik

    The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.
  • USSR Launches Sputnik II

    USSR Launches Sputnik II

    With Sputnik II, a dog named Laika, was launched into space.
  • U.S Launches Explorer 1

    U.S Launches Explorer 1

    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology. The satellite was sent aloft from Cape Canaveral in Florida by the Jupiter C rocket that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. Wernher Von Braun.
  • First Human In Space

    First Human In Space

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
  • First American In Space

    First American In Space

    Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space.
  • Man On The Moon

    Man On The Moon

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    President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
  • First American In Orbit

    First American In Orbit

    Astronaut John Glenn became the first American in orbit on space mission Mercury-Atlas 6, STS-95.
  • First Woman In Space

    First Woman In Space

    Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
  • Accident In Command Module of Launch Pad

    Accident In Command Module of Launch Pad

    Astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee were killed in an accidental fire in a command module on the launch pad.
  • Soyuz 1 Crash

    Soyuz 1 Crash

    Cosmonaut Vladimir M. Komarov was killed in a crash when the parachute on his Soyuz 1 spacecraft failed to deploy.
  • First Moon Landing

    First Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.