Space Race timeline

By sketlasi000
  • Excerpt: Preface from flight : My life in Mission Control

    Excerpt: Preface from flight : My life in Mission Control

    American Scientist sent chimpanzee into space on a USA rocket to find out if space travel might do to an animal what were similar to humans. ( Christopher C. Kraft Jr. and James L. Schefter 2001 p.g 614 - 617)
  • " First to Fly"

    " First to Fly"

    What life was like for Yuri Gagarin during his April 1961 Vostok mission. He observed what the earth looks like from space. ( Francis French and Colin Burgess 2007 p.g 591- 595)

  • President Kennedy Address at Rice University

    In September Yuri Gagarin became the first person ever to orbit the Earth. President Kennedy Addressed nearly 40,000 people in a football stadium at a University in Houston Texas. ( John F. Kennedy, 1962 p.g 582)
  • In Enevnt of Moon Disaster

    In Enevnt of Moon Disaster

    Apollo 11 commemorative button ( image 14)
  • Apollo 11 and Saturn V

    Apollo 11 and Saturn V

    The picture looks like a rocket launching to space with fire coming out of the end of the rocket. (Image 6)
  • Footprint

    Footprint

    Buzz Aldrin's footprint a photograph of one of the first steps ever taken on the moon.( image 10 )

  • " Dreaming of a Moonage" from Moondust

    July 20 1969 Apollo 11 mission was the first mission to put the first men on the moon. The people that landed on the moon was broad coasted worldwide. ( Andrew Smith 2005, p.g 599-603)
  • " What the Moon Rocks Tell Us" from National Geographic

    " What the Moon Rocks Tell Us" from National Geographic

    The Apollo 11 landed on the moon. The scientist on earth waited for for samples for the moon, soil and rock.
  • James Irwin American Flag lunar module , and Lunar rover

    James Irwin American Flag lunar module , and Lunar rover

    NASA launched Apollo 15 into space for research the main goal of the mission was to collect samples and scientific data. The astronaut collected hundreds of pounds of lunar rock and dust. ( image 18)
  • " You Are Here" from Pale Blue Dot

    " You Are Here" from Pale Blue Dot

    The crew of Apollo 17 took a picture of the earth. The picture showes 28,000 miles away.