Space Race-HB5

By blodg04

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1The launch of Sputnik 1 sped up the US space mission.

  • explorer 1

    explorer 1eplorer 1 sowed the U.S. is still in the space race.

  • launch of explorer 2

    Explorer 2 launchThe failed attempt to launch Explorer 2 was tragic when the rocket was launched and exploded in mid air.

  • launch of sputnik 3

    sputnik 3another successful attempt to launch sputnik worried the U.S. of their achievment.

  • launch of luna 1

    luna 1Luna 1 carried the first man ever to be in space, but while in space, he died in a rocket fire

  • luna 2 crash

    luna 2Luna 2 is the first rocket to land on the moon, but the landing mechanism didn kick in, and luna 2 crash landed on the moon.

  • J.F.K

    J.F.KJohn F. Kennedy was then elected the 35th president of the United States of America.

  • Alan B. Shepard

    Alan B. ShepardAstronaut Alan B. Shepard is the first American ever in space.

  • John Glenn

    http://www.nasa.gov/centers/kennedy/about/history/timeline/60s-decade.' >John GlennFamous astronaut John Glenn orbits the earth three times.

  • J.F.K.

    J.F.KPresident John F. Kennedy is assassinated before the launch of Ranger 7.

  • Ranger 7

    Ranger 7Ranger 7 transmites close up images of the moon.

  • Spacewalk

    spacewalkEd White is the first american to perform a spacewalk.

  • Venera 4

    Venera 4Venera 4 transmites new data about the atmosphere of venus.

  • Apollo

    ApolloThe crew of Apollo 7 is studying the new spacecraft they will be using.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11The U.S. has kept J.F.K's commitment of landing a mam on the moon, so on Jul. 20, 1969, Astronauts Niel armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first to men to step foot on the moon while Michael collins orbits around the moon by himself, luckily they all returned to earth safely in memory of J.F.K.