SpaceRace By fuckyou666 Jun 16, 1945 First Atomic explosion in New Mexico Jul 16, 1945 First Atomic Bomb test Aug 6, 1945 Atomic bomb drops on Japan 1948 Development of Hydrogen Bomb Aug 29, 1949 Soviet development of nuclear weapons Oct 4, 1957 Soviets launch first satitlite, Sputnik Jan 31, 1958 United States launched Explorer 1 Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin first man in space and orbit May 5, 1961 First American in space Alan Shepard May 25, 1961 Kennedys wants man on the moon by end of decade Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn first American in orbit Jun 16, 1962 Valentina Nikolayeva first woman in space Jun 3, 1965 Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov first person to walk in space Jun 3, 1965 Astronaut Ed a White first American walking in space Feb 3, 1966 Luna 9 lands on moon Jun 3, 1966 Surveyor 1 lands on moon Jan 27, 1967 Gus Grissom, Ed White, Rogger Chaffee die in cabin fire Apr 24, 1967 Vladimir komarov died when his parachute didn't open Oct 8, 1967 Descent capsule takes samples of Venus's atmosphere Sep 15, 1968 Soviet zond5 orbits moon and returns to earth Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 first manned craft to orbit moon Jul 20, 1969 Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong first men on moon 1970 ICBM Intercontinental Ballistic Missle Dec 15, 1970 Venera7 was first probe to land on Venus May 14, 1973 US launched first space station Jan 28, 1986 Challenger exploded after taking off
