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The Soviets Launch Sputnik 2
The Soviets were the first to send a living thing into space.They sent a dog up into space sadly she died before she reached space and died of stress and overheating -
Sputnik
The Soviets were the first to launch a satellite in orbit -
NASA Was Created
NASA has played a humongous role in winning the space race because it developed all of the rockets that they sent to space. -
The Soviets Sending First Man into Space
The Soviets have dominated the space race so far by sending the first satellite into space now sending the first man into space -
First American In Space
Alan B. Shepard was the first American in space. He blasted off in his Freedom 7 capsule atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. He was in space for only 15 minutes -
1st Amerircans to Orbit the Earth
John Glenn was the first American to oribit the earth. He was in oribit for 4 hours 55 minutes and 23 seconds. -
Apollo 1
Apollo 1 was the first Saturn V rocket that was designed to go the moon. It caught fire in a a mach launch and all 3 Astronauts died in the capsule. The capsule door jammed and they could not get out. -
Americans Man on the Moon
The Americans wanted to jump ahead in the space race by landing a man on the moon. They ended up acomlishing that on July 20 1969. Thier dream came true on that day.The Americans won the space race. -
Russian Space Station Mir
The Mir space station took ten years to build. And was assembled in space. -
The ISS
The internatinal space station was when U.S. came together with the Soviets. This also ended the space race.
