space race

  • sputnik 1

    sputnik 1
    this was the first satalite in space launched by the solviet union
  • laika into space

    laika into space
    laika was the first dog in space. when the dog was coming back from space the ship caught fire and killed the dog.
  • explorer 1

    explorer 1
    us strikes back with sending their own satalite into space
  • NASA created

    NASA created
    national aeronautics and space administration
  • first monkey in space to return alive

    this monkey went to space and came back and lived through it all. this monkey has swag
  • vostok 1

    yuri gagarin was the firs man in space. he orbited the earth one time in the space ship.
  • us puts a man in space

    the us put the first american man in space and he returns safely
  • apollo 7

    this flight took 3 people into space the spacecraft was an apollo CSM-101
  • apollo 11

    this is the misson where astronauts landed on the moon and beat the solviet union in the space race this was a huge thing for america. "one small step for man but one giant leap for mankind."
  • solviet union and united states decide to work together

    the us and solviet union decide to work together in the space industrie