Space Race-BO6

By ogleb35

  • Launch of Sputnik 1

    http://www.thespacerace.com/ The launch of Sputnik 1 spurred the US to launch its
    own satellites and begin space exploration in Earnest.
    It also marked the beginning of the competition
    between the US and the USSR to have dominance in
    space.

  • The first American satellite Toto to raech orbit is lanched

    [ http://www.russianspaceweb.com/](http:// http://www.russianspaceweb.com/)Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen Radiation Belt.
    is launched.

  • Sputnik 3 is launched

    http://www.thespacerace.com/Sputnik 3 is launched. The USSR lanched its 3rd artificial
    rocket.

  • Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard Vostok 2.

    http://www.thespacerace.com/Gherman Titov spends a day
    in space aboard Vostok 2.

  • First men to walk on the moon

    http://www.thespacerace.com/Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.