Space Race - SL5

By LongS33

  • USSR launches Sputnik 1.

    USSR launches Sputnik 1.This means the start of the Space Race between the US and the USSR fighting for dominance in space.

  • The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, and it replaces the National Advisory Committee.

    This is important because it means the start of a more serious Space program for the US, so that they can get ahead of the USSR.

  • President Kennedy gives a speech at Rice University reaffirming the importance of the Moon program.

    President Kennedy is confirming the importance of the Moon Program by telling the world, including the USSR.

  • The USSR launches Venus 3. It becomes the first man made object to impact Venus on March 1, 1966.

    The USSR is the first to land a man made object on the hottest planet in the Solar System, encouraging the US to speed up on their Man on the Moon project.

  • The USSR's Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.

    The USSR is getting closer to the moon, endangering the US's Man on the Moon progect.

  • The USSR's Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.

    The US needs to figure out how they're going to get a man on the Moon, quickly before the USSR does.

  • Venera 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus for the USSR.

    This information is important because the USSR is becoming dominant by working on Venus and the Moon.

  • Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, dies in a plane crash.

    Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin's death shows how far US and the USSR have come in space science.

  • Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.

    The US has won the race, and has become dominant in space by finishing their man on the Moon project before the USSR stole their program.

  • Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders begin the first manned journey from the Earth to the Moon. On Christmas Eve they take turns reading Genisis in a broadcast heard around the world.

    The US is getting closer than ever to becoming dominant in space by sending the men to the Moon.