Space Race Tmeline

By peyton01
  • Trinity Bomb

    Trinity Bomb

    First atomic bomb in New Mexico
  • Japan Bombing

    Japan Bombing

    First deployed atomic bomb on Hiroshima
  • USSR nuclear weapons.

    USSR nuclear weapons.

    Soviet test their first atomic bomb
  • Hydrogen Bomb

    Hydrogen Bomb

    Development of the Hydrogen Bomb
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    USSR launched Sputnik 1
  • Mercury 7

    Mercury 7

    The Mercury 7 are chosen
  • Pioneer 1

    Pioneer 1

    Pioneer 1 is launched
  • Tiros 1

    Tiros 1

    Tiros makes 1st weather satellite
  • Alan B.

    Alan B.

    Alan B. becomes first American in space
  • ICBM Missile

    ICBM Missile

    First US ICBM deployment
  • Gemini Program

    Gemini Program

    NASA launches Gemini program
  • USSR V USA

    USSR V USA

    Kennedy challenges USSR to space race
  • Walter Orbit

    Walter Orbit

    Walter orbits Earth 6 times
  • Kennedy Assassinated

    Kennedy Assassinated

    President J. Kennedy was assassinated
  • USSR Space walk

    USSR Space walk

    USSR makes the first spacewalk
  • USA space walk

    USA space walk

    First USA space walk
  • Venus 3

    Venus 3

    Venus 3 craft launches
  • Gemini 6

    Gemini 6

    Gemini 6 is launched
  • 2 die in plane crash

    2 die in plane crash

    Charles & Elliot (Astronauts) die in plane crash
  • Luna 10

    Luna 10

    Luna 10 orbits the Moon
  • Lunar enters orbit

    Lunar enters orbit

    First picture took in space from distance
  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1

    Explosion on test pad kills 3 scientists
  • Clifton W.

    Clifton W.

    Killed in plane crash
  • Zond 5

    Zond 5

    Zond 5 craft is launched
  • Moon landing

    Moon landing

    First Moon landing by USA