Space Race

Sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

Soviet Union launched satllite to launch warheads and started the Space Race www.thespacerace.com

The Space Race

Period: Oct 4, 1957 to Jul 20, 1969

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Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

First American satellite to reach orbit www.thespacerace.com

NASA

Oct 1, 1958

NASA was established to help with space exploration and Space Race www.thespacerace.com

Luna 1

Jan 2, 1959

First man made object to orbit the sun. www.thespacerace.com

The "Mercury Seven"

Apr 2, 1959

First People selected by NASA to go into space. www.thespacerace.com

Alan B Shepard

May 5, 1961

First American in space, step for U.S.A. in Space Race www.thespacerace.com

Yari Gagarin

May 12, 1961

First person to in space and orbit the Earth once. www.thespacerace.com

John F. Kennedy Space Speech

May 25, 1961

Purposes to go to the Moon and come back. www.thespacerace.com

John Glenn

Feb 20, 1962

Orbits Earth three times and becomes first person to do that. www.thespacerace.com

Luna 9

Feb 3, 1966

Becomes first space craft to softland on the Moon www.thespacerace.com

Moon Landing

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin are the first people on the Moon, gathers Moon samples, ends the space Race