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Space Race - pedro

By apantped1
  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    The first satellite in space by ussr is the Sputnik, orbited for 21 days before it burned up in the atmosphere.
  • First animal in space to orbit Earth for USSR

    First animal in space to orbit Earth for USSR

    The first ussr animal to orbit earth was a dog named Laika, died a few hours after launch.
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    First U.S satellite in space was the explorer, its batteries ran out in may and finally burned up in the atmoshpere in 1970.
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    NASA was formed in respone to the USSR's launch of sputnik.
  • First chimpanzee used to perform tasks in space by USA

    First chimpanzee used to perform tasks in space by USA

    Ham, the first chimpanzee in space, his successful mission proved that living beings can survive and operate in the conditions of space.
  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    Yuri Gagarin was the first Soviet man to be sent in space, completing a single orbit around Earth lasting 108 minutes.
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    Alan Shepard was the first american man to be sent in space, lasted 15 minutes and took him to an altitude of 116 miles.
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    Kennedy declared that the U.S. should commit itself to achieving the goal before the decade is out, giving a speech at a university in September 1962.
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    John Glenn the first american to orbit earth, completed 3 orbits in under 5 hours.
  • First man to do an Extra Vehicular Activity by USSR

    First man to do an Extra Vehicular Activity by USSR

    Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes outside the spacecraft.
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    Ed White was the first American to do a EVA, he spent 23 minutes outside the spacecraft.
  • Gemini 4 mission

    Gemini 4 mission

    Ed White, James McDivitt demonstrated that astronauts could work outside their spacecraft, Ed White performing the first American spacewalk.
  • Gemini 5 mission

    Gemini 5 mission

    Gordon Cooper Jr. and Charles Conrad Jr proved that astronauts could stay in space for the 8 day duration needed for a lunar mission.
  • Original Gemini 9 Crew Tragedy

    Original Gemini 9 Crew Tragedy

    Fatal crash of NASA T 38 training jet, killing Elliot See and Charles Bassett, limited visibility due to fog and rain made Elliot misjudge the landing approach and crashed into the roof of the McDonnell Aircraft building.
  • Gemini 8 mission

    Gemini 8 mission

    Neil Armstrong and David Scott completed the first ever docking of two spacecraft in Earth's orbit.
  • Original Apollo 1 Crew Tragedy

    Original Apollo 1 Crew Tragedy

    A flash fire in the command module killed Virgil Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee during a launch pad test.
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    Wally Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham were part of the first test of the command and service module with a crew. Orbited the Earth 163 times and spent 10 days and 20 hours in space.
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders orbited the Moon ten times without landing and then returned to Earth.
  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9

    James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickart were part of the first manned flight to test the Lunar Module in Earth orbit.
  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10

    Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan served as a final "dress rehearsal" for the Apollo 11 lunar landing, testing all procedures except landing itself.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the lunar surface, while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit in the command module.