Space Race Timeline

By strai41
  • soviet union's lanchs sputnik 1

    soviet union's lanchs sputnik 1
    if sputnik did not reach orbit the usa would have not been at space war with the soviet union.
  • first dog in space

    first dog in space
    the dogs name was Laika. Laika died November 3, 1957 within hours from overheating, possibly caused by a failure of the central R-7 sustainer to separate from the payload. The true cause and time of her death were not made public until 2002; instead, it was widely reported that she died when her oxygen ran out on day six or, as the Soviet government claimed.
  • USA createds expolor 1

    USA createds expolor 1
    if expolor 1 was not created it would not have been the first successfully launched satellite by the United States
  • Explorer 2 fails to reach orbit

    Explorer 2 fails to reach orbit
    Explorer 2 was to be a repeat of the Explorer 1 mission. However, due to a failure in the rocket during launch, the spacecraft did not reach orbit.
  • first man in space

    first man in space
    Yuri Gagarin was his name. if Yuri Gagarin did not go into space the usa wouldn't have gone to space.
  • John f kenney lanched a space program

    John f kenney lanched a space program
    In 1961, President John F. Kennedy began a dramatic expansion of the U.S. space program and committed the nation to the ambitious goal of landing a man on the moon by the end of the decade.and the progrm was called NASA
  • the cassini space probe

    the cassini space probe
    it was lanch in 1997, the probe found saturnand its moons
  • tiny capsule orbited space

    tiny capsule orbited space
    The Vostok 3KA-2 was the name of the capsule.Cosmonaut Andriyan Nikolayev orbited the Earth 64 times over nearly four days in space, August 11–15, 1962
  • soviet lanched probes to go to serach to moon

    soviet lanched probes to go to serach to moon
    soviet union sent many unpiloted space crafts to explore the moon.
  • apollo 11 misson

    apollo 11 misson
    Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969 and it misson took 8 days 3 hours. and Neil Armstrong sept 2 hours out side the spacecraft. and they collected 50 lbs of moon rocks to return to earth famous quote is ( thats one small step for man,one giant leaf for mankind) and buzz in toy story was named after buzz Aldrin.