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Sputnik Launch
Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union intensifiying the space race. -
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The Space Race
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First Animal in Space
Laika the dog gets into space, then on landing, dies. -
National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA founded
NASA was founded by the Americans to catch up in the space race. -
Space Group Created (The Seven)
The seven was a group of proposed astronauts that would someday hopefully get to space. -
Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in Space
Yuri Gagarin was a Russian Cosmonaut who was in space for 108 minutes. -
First American into Space
Alan Shepard stays in space for 15 minutes. -
Americans send a man around the Earth
The Americans can send a man around the Earth then they could send a war head too. -
First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space -
First Space Walk
Alexei Leonov is the first man to do a spacewalk. -
Apollo 1 Crew Killed
The crew of the Apollo 1 space craft are killed in a fire. Space flights halted for a year. -
Flight of Apollo 11 to the Moon
The American spacecraft Apollo 11 is scheduled to fly to the moon. -
Apollo 13
Apollo 13 has a problem and must circle the moon to get back th Earth. -
Skylab
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Apollo-Soyuz Mission
Russian and American astronauts join together and cooperate. -
First Landing on Space
Viking 1 got to Mars to take pictures of the surface. -
First American Woman into Space
Sally Ride was allowed to be the first woman to travel into space. -
Challenger Explosion
Challenger explodes killing all of it's crew and a teacher on board. -
First Year on Space
Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov were in Space for 366 days. -
Pioneer 10 leaves Solar System
The pioneer 10 goes beyond the solar system. -
ISS First Mission
The first mission of the International Space Station begins.
