space race timeline

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  • sputnik 1

    sputnik 1
    (https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Sputnik_1) It was the first artificial earth satellite. They have launch it into the earth low orbit it was surprisingly successful . This took place as a large part in the cold war.
  • explorer 1

    explorer 1
    The explorer was the first satellite that was launched to participate in the international geophysical year.it was launched January 31 1958.
  • luna 1

    luna 1
    (https://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1959-012A) The luna 1 was the first aircraft to reach the moon and also the first of a series of soviet automatic interplanetary stations launched in the direction of the moon.
  • Ham the Astrochimp

    Ham the Astrochimp
    Ham the Astrochimp was the first chimpanzee to be launched into space. Holloman Aerospace Medical Center prepared him for what ever was ahead of him.
  • yuri gagarin

    yuri gagarin
    yuri gagarin was the first human to orbit the earth he also was the first to enter outer space. he got the highest honor for his achievement.
  • Alan shepard

    Alan shepard
    alan shepard was a graduate at united states navel academy. he flew into space with a craft called freedom 7 unfortunately his craft did not achieve to orbit the earth became the second also the first american to enter space.
  • apollo 11

    apollo 11
    The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.
  • John Glenn

    John Glenn
    John Glenn was a united states marine corps aviator engineer,astronaut. In 1962 he was the first american to orbit the earth three times before joining NASA.
  • Gemini program spacecraft

    Gemini program spacecraft
    Gemini was an early NASA human spaceflight program. Gemini helped NASA get ready for the Apollo moon landings. Ten crews flew missions on the two-man Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini missions were flown in 1965 and 1966. They flew between the Mercury and Apollo programs
  • Gemini program

    Gemini program
    The Gemini program is the second human spaceflight program. The Gemini space craft carried two astronaut crew. Ten Gemini crew flew out to low earth orbit putting the united space in the lead from the cold war .
  • apollo 1

    apollo 1
    on January 27 1967 tragedy struck on the launch pad. during the flight test for apollo 204 the mission was to be launched on the date of February 21 1967.
  • apollo 8

    apollo 8
    The mission objectives for Apollo 8 included a coordinated performance of the crew, the command and service module, or CSM, and the support facilities. The mission also was to demonstrate translunar injection