The Space Race

By meek07

  • sputnik 1

    The Soviets launched the first satilite into space. The Soviet Union took the lead.
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  • Sputnik 2

    The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 2. The satilite was carrying a live dog into space,this was to prove living things can survive in space.

  • Exploror 1

    The Explorer 1 was launched into space as a satite to observe the earth.

  • Explorer 2

    The Explorer 2 is launched and it failed to reach orbit around the earth. They tryed but Explorer 2 failed at launch.

  • first cosmonot

    Yuri Gargarin became the fitst man to be shot into space.

  • Alen sheapord

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    Alan Sheapord became the first man in space in the Freedom 7

  • first man to orbit earth

    John Glenn was the first human being to orbit the earth in the friendship 7.

  • Valintina Tereshkova first women in space

    On June 16 1963 Valintina became the first women to go to space.

  • "One Smal step for man. One giant leap for mankind" Neal Armstrong

    In the apollo 11 3 astronauts Neal Armstrong, Buzz Alldrin were the first men on the moon and back

  • Soviets and NASA work togeather

    The Soviet union and NASA began to work togeather on projects and missions to space. They worked on satilites and rockets. This marked the end of the historic space race.