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Space Race

By Chelsearuiz

  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I
    First satellite to orbit the earth, launched by the Soviet Union.

  • Sputnik II

    Sputnik II
    It was the second satellite for the SU and the first to carry a living being, "Laika" a stray dog ​​found on the streets of Moscu

  • Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1
    This satellite was launched by the USA, and the fourth to orbit and the first to use solar energy and is currently orbiting.

  • Sputnik III

    Sputnik III
    Geophysical research satellite launched by SU, but there was a thruster failure and it failed to orbit.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    After the SU sent the first satellite, the United States created NASA.

  • SCORE

    SCORE
    Launched by the United States and was the first telecommunications satellite.

  • Moon 1

    Moon 1
    It was launched by the SU and was the first spacecraft to leave Earth's gravity and go beyond the Moon.

  • Moon 2

    Moon 2
    The second model launched by the SU that managed to hit the moon.

  • Moon 3

    Moon 3
    This probe launched by SU achieved the first 3 images of the far side of the moon.

  • Ham the chimpanzee

    Ham the chimpanzee
    It was part of the Mercury project and achieved a successful mission, the ship reached a height of 253 kilometers and remained for seven minutes in a state of weightlessness and returned to earth alive.

  • Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin
    He was the first Soviet human being to contemplate the earth from space.

  • Valentina Tereshkova

    Valentina Tereshkova
    She was the first woman from the SU who traveled to outer space, aboard the "Vostok 6", she circled the earth 48 times for 3 days.

  • The first space walk

    The first space walk
    Alexei Arkhipovich Leonov where he was traveling aboard the "Voskhod 2" was the first man to perform a space walk along with cosmonaut Pavel Belyayev who spent 12 minutes outside the ship.

  • Apolo 11

    Apolo 11
    It was the first manned mission to land on the moon, commanded by Neil Armstrong, and accompanied by Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins

  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10
    Launched by NASA, it becomes the first space probe to reach Jupiter's orbit

  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10
    It was launched by NASA and became the first spacecraft to fly over the planet Mercury and the closest to the sun.

  • End of the cold war

    End of the cold war
    The United States and the SU decided to leave their competitions and cooperate.