space race Kaitlyn benavente

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  • First satellite in space by USSR- Sputnik

    First satellite in space by USSR- Sputnik

    The Soviet Union had launched the first artificial satellite and had become the first manmade object to orbit the Earth.
  • First animal in space by USSR- Dog Laika

    First animal in space by USSR- Dog Laika

    First soviet space dog and first animal to orbit the Earth that was homeless. They believed it would be better because it knows how to survive in the cold etc.
  • First satellite in space by USA- Explorer 1

    First satellite in space by USA- Explorer 1

    Launched by the U.S. and followed behind Sputnik 1 and 2 worked on, owned by Wernher von Braun
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    An agency run by people made to coordinate American's activities in space, created by Eisenhower.
  • First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    Had been launched on a rocket and returned to earth alive
  • First man in space by USSR- Gagarin

    First man in space by USSR- Gagarin

    Launched into orbit by a Vostok rocket and completed one orbit in space before returning.
  • First man in space by USA- Alan Barlett Shepard Jr.

    First man in space by USA- Alan Barlett Shepard Jr.

    Launched in Freedom 7 Space Capsule and became the first American into space
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA- John H. Glenn Jr.

    First man to orbit Earth by USA- John H. Glenn Jr.

    Orbited the globe 3 times on Friendship 7.
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    Declared that the U.S. would land astronauts on the moon
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR- cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

    First man to do an EVA by USSR- cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

    Went to space in the Voskhod 2 spacecraft and spend 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside of it.
  • First man to do an EVA by USA- Ed White

    First man to do an EVA by USA- Ed White

    Was on the Second crewed Gemini flight, Gemini IV for 21 minutes and difficulties happened and almost didn't make it back alive and was tethered to the spacecraft.
  • Original Gemini 9 Grew Tragedy

    Original Gemini 9 Grew Tragedy

    killed pilot Elliot See and pilot Charles Bassett, flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft
  • First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini VIII with Agena)

    First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini VIII with Agena)

    Piloted by Neil Armstrong and David Scott which was both from USA
  • Apollo 1 Tragedy

    Apollo 1 Tragedy

    Flash fire occurred and killing 3 of them Grissom, White and Chaffee
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    Their first was being the first crewed flight in NASA's program
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    first to leave Earth's low orbit fully crewed
  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9

    docketed the first manned Apollo and was an orbiting mission
  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10

    the first to carry colored cables for television viewing on a spacecraft
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    first astronauts walking on the moon, commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr.,