Lawson Perrin Space Race

By Andrew Lawson
  • Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik Launch

    Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched by the Soviet Union intensifiying the space race.
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    The Space Race

    The space race between the USSR and The USA
  • First Animal in Space

    First Animal in Space

    Laika the dog gets into space, then on landing, dies.
  • National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA founded

    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)

    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 becomes first man in Space

    Yuri Gagarin was a Russian Cosmonaut who was in space for 108 minutes.
  • First American into Space

    First American into Space

    Alan Shepard stays in space for 15 minutes.
  • Americans send a man around the Earth

    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

    First Woman in Space

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space
  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk

    Alexei Leonov is the first man to do a spacewalk.
  • Apollo 1 Crew Killed

    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

    Flight of Apollo 11 to the Moon

    The American spacecraft Apollo 11 is scheduled to fly to the moon.
  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13

    Apollo 13 has a problem and must circle the moon to get back th Earth.
  • Skylab

    Skylab

  • Apollo-Soyuz Mission

    Apollo-Soyuz Mission

    Russian and American astronauts join together and cooperate.
  • First Landing on Space

    First Landing on Space

    Viking 1 got to Mars to take pictures of the surface.
  • First American Woman into Space

    First American Woman into Space

    Sally Ride was allowed to be the first woman to travel into space.
  • Challenger Explosion

    Challenger Explosion

    Challenger explodes killing all of it's crew and a teacher on board.
  • First Year on Space

    First Year on Space

    Musa Manarov and Vladimir Titov were in Space for 366 days.
  • Pioneer 10 leaves Solar System

    Pioneer 10 leaves Solar System

    The pioneer 10 goes beyond the solar system.
  • ISS First Mission

    ISS First Mission

    The first mission of the International Space Station begins.