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History of Spaceships/Space travel

By Savage Rabbit
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    Space Race

    The space race was a series of competitive technology demonstrations between the United States and the Soviet Union, aiming to show superiority in spaceflight.
  • First Spacecraft to launch Successfully

    First Spacecraft to launch Successfully

    The name of the craft was sputnik 1 launched by the soviet union.
  • First successful launch to carry a living organism

    First successful launch to carry a living organism

    Also Second successful launch. The living organism was a soviet dog named Laika.
  • First Unsuccessful Spacecraft luanch

    First Unsuccessful Spacecraft luanch

    Vanguard TV3 The United States’ much-hyped first attempt at launching a satellite into orbit failed ending in an explosion.

  • Third Successful Space Craft Launch

    Sputnik 3 was the only Soviet satellite launched in 1958. Sputnik 3 made it into orbit during the International Geophysical Year.
  • Dwight D Eisenhower founded Nasa

    Dwight D Eisenhower founded Nasa

  • First spacecraft to touch the moon

  • First ever Human in space

    First ever Human in space

    The Vostok capsule carried the first-ever human to make a spaceflight, the Soviet Union's cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, who clocked in with just over one full orbit of Earth.
  • Apollo 11 launches

    Apollo 11 launches

    The United States' Apollo 11 was the first crewed mission to land on the Moon
  • First Human to touch the moon

    First Human to touch the moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first human to step foot on the moon marking the end of the space race.