Rocketman

Jaymes Christopher Space Race

By Jaymes515

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    Its 1957 and the USA and the USSR are in a cold war, the Russians launch their first sattelite called sputnik.

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    The USSR launches a second sputnik with a dog aboard named Laika.

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    America launches a satellite called the Explorer 1. It has scientific equipment aboard that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen Radiation Belt.

  • Explorer 2

    Explorer 2
    Explorer 2 is launched but it fails to reach orbit.

  • NASA

    NASA
    NASA is formed.

  • Choosing Seven Pioneers

    Choosing Seven Pioneers
    Nasa needs astronauts to go into space and they choose seven people to go into space for the first time.

  • First Weather Satellite

    First Weather Satellite
    Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched.

  • Spy Satellite

    Spy Satellite
    Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched.

  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space
    The Russians send the first man, Yuri Gagarin to be the first man to go into space a month before Americans.

  • America is in space

    America is in space
    The Americans send Alan Shepard into space and he orbits for 15 minutes. The Russians are not impressed.

  • John Glenn goes into space

    John Glenn goes into space
    John Glenn goes into space and orbits all the way around the world for about 4 hours. After this America can send warheads anywhere in the world (just like the Russians).

  • First Woman in space

    First Woman in space
    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

  • Ranger 7

    Ranger 7
    Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.

  • First Spacewalk

    First Spacewalk
    Alex Leonov does the first spacewalk for 12 minutes.

  • Venus

    Venus
    Venus 3 becomes the first man-made object to impact Venus.

  • Luna 9

    Luna 9
    Luna 9 becomes the first man-made object to softland on the moon.

  • Lunar Orbiter 1

    Lunar Orbiter 1
    Lunar Orbiter 1 takes a picture of the earth while in the orbit of the moon.

  • Tradgedy Strikes

    Tradgedy Strikes
    The Crew of appollo 1, Virgil Grissom, Edward White II, and Roger Chafee all die in a launchpad fire accident.

  • Man on the Moon

    Man on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.

  • John Glenn goes to Space Again

    John Glenn goes to Space Again
    John Glenn goes into space again and makes a record for the oldest man to go into space.