Space race

Space Race

By Nathan18053
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space
  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball
  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR

    the second-ever orbiting spacecraft carried the first animal into orbit, the dog Laika, launched aboard the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    The first successful satellite.
  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA

    Ham the chimp, was the first animal to be put into space by the USA
  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    Yuri Gagarin was the first person to fly in space. His flight, on April 12, 1961, lasted 108 minutes
  • First man to orbit Earth by USSR

    First man to orbit Earth by USSR

    On April 12, 1961, aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space.
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    Alan Shepard became the first American in space
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade.
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    On February 20, 1962, Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission, becoming the first American to orbit the Earth,
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    The first EVA was performed on March 18, 1965, by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    Ed White during his Gemini IV spacewalk
  • first American spacewalk.

    first American spacewalk.

    First American Spacewalk. During the Gemini 4 mission on June 3, 1965, Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk.
  • Gemini 5

    Gemini 5

    Launch of Gemini 5, carrying astronauts Gordon Cooper and Charles Conrad on an eight-day mission to test rendezvous guidance and navigation systems,
  • Nasa fire

    Nasa fire

    Seventeen astronauts were lost in the Apollo 1 fire
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and the first to reach the Moon, orbit it, and return
  • Launch of Friendship 7

    Launch of Friendship 7

    makes astronaut John Glenn the first American to go into orbit. Total flight time was just shy of five hours.