Space Race

By wrighale3
  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    The Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik I. 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 U.S. satellite, Explorer I, was launched into Earth orbit by the Army.
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    non-military space activity, the Advanced Research Projects Agency (ARPA)
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK gives a speech in Houston about getting the first man on the moon.