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The Space Race

By nortrev21
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    Important events in the Space Race

  • USSR launches Sputnik

    USSR launches Sputnik

    First ever artificial sattilite. Also sets off the Space Race.

  • First US rocket launch.

    SHows that the US is really in the Space Race.
  • US launches Explorer II

    US launches Explorer II

    Shows that the US is entering the space race too.

  • Luna I launched.

    First Manmade object to orbit the Sun.

  • JFK elected.

    He will get NASA to start the Apollo Missions.

  • Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once.

    This shows that a man can survive in space.

  • John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times.

    This is the longest anyone had ever been is space up to this point.

  • Astronaut spends 34 hours in orbit.

    This is many times longer than before.

  • Luna IX becomes first spacecraft to land on the Moon.

    Proves that the Moon is solid.

  • 3 astronauts are killed during Apollo 1 test flight.

    THis shows the dangers of space travel.