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Chloe's Space Race timeline

By roberchl

  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA
    USA sent Albert a rhesus monkey

  • First Satellite by USSR- Soviet Union

    First Satellite by USSR- Soviet Union
    USSR successfully launched Sputnik I. Which was the first one ever launched.

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    Laika, The soviet space dog was the first animal to orbit in space.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration was passed by congress to compete with the Soviets.

  • FIrst Satellite by USA

    FIrst Satellite by USA
    USA sent Explorer I, their first Satellite

  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA
    Alan Shepard was the first man in space by USA

  • First man to orbit in space By USSR

    First man to orbit in space By USSR
    Yuri Gagarin was the first to orbit space

  • First man in space By USSR

    First man in space By USSR
    Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space from the USSR

  • Jfk"s commitment to the moon

    Jfk"s commitment to the moon
    In his speech in 1962 he declared the Moon and so NASA was working towards that.

  • FIrst US man to orbit in Space

    FIrst US man to orbit in Space
    John Glen was the first man from America o Orbit Space.

  • First man to orbit in space By USSR

    First man to orbit in space By USSR
    Alexie Leonov was the first man to be outside his spacecraft. His time is 12 minutes and 9 seconds

  • 3 events that helped the Gemini missions

    3 events that helped the Gemini missions
    US mastered the LEO (low orbit flying) by sending 10 crews to do so. John Glenns friendship 7's heat shield was loose and almost killed him. Gemini 3 was the first successful space orbit around the sun.

  • Flash Fire Tragedy

    Flash Fire Tragedy
    Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were testing heir capsule and flash fire broke out and killed them all right before a apollo mission.

  • First U.S man to do an EVA

    First U.S man to do an EVA
    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first ones in the US. Their time was 2 hours and 36 minutes.