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Race to space

By Austin.b

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    on October 4, 1957 when the Soviet Union successfully launched Sputnik 1 it was the it was the frist satellite in sapce Soviet

  • monke in space

    On September 20, 1951, a monkey named Yorick and 11 mice were recovered after an Aerobee missile flight of 236,000 feet at Holloman Air Force Base, New Mexico. Yorick got a fair amount of press as the first monkey to live through a space flight.

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    it caryed a saml doge named Laika into orbit
    but she died in the spacecraft after 3 days Soviet

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. USA

  • Sputnik 3

    Sputnik 3 is launched.

  • NASA

    NASA
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA).

  • Luna 1

    Luna 1 is launched by the USSR. It is the first man made object to orbit the Sun.

  • Mercury Seven

    The "Mercury Seven" astronauts are selected by NASA.

  • Luna 3

    Luna 3 orbits the Moon and photographs 70% of its surface.

  • first American in space.

    Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space.

  • Luna 10

    Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon sovites

  • Surveyor 1

    Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon. USA

  • Lunar Orbiter 1

    Lunar Orbiter 1 enters orbit around the Moon and takes the first picture of the Earth from that distance.

  • Apollo 7 mission

    he crew of Apollo 7 begin a 10 day mission to study the new spacecraft.

  • Frist man on moon NASA

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.

  • sites

    http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1957-001B http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/nmc/spacecraftDisplay.do?id=1957-002A http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/
    or TheSpaceRace.com/timeline/
    all infor for timeline.
    and pictures http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ http://history.nasa.gov/printFriendly/animals.html http://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11_40th.html