Net zero space initiative 1

angelina's space race timeline

By kinarang

  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR
    The USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    it was a monkey named Laika

  • First satellite in space by the US

    First satellite in space by the US
    Explorer and it discovered radiation belts around earth

  • creation of NASA

    creation of NASA
    President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA).

  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA
    he was a navy test pilot and had a 15 minute suborbital flight

  • first man in space by USSR

    first man in space by USSR
    Travelling in the Vostok 1 capsule, Gagarin completed one orbit of Earth.

  • First man in orbit by USA

    First man in orbit by USA
    Astronaut John H. Glenn became the first American to orbit the Earth during the three-orbit Mercury-Atlas 6 mission.

  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
    Officially titled the Address at Rice University on the Nation's Space Effort.

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR
    Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.

  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA
    A chimpanzee also known as Ham the Chimp and Ham the Astrochimp, was the first Great Ape launched into space.