Space Race

By stoutd74

  • humans in space

    In 1961, the Soviets launched the first human into space. Less than a mounth later, Alan Shepard became the first american in space. The first american to orbit was John Glenn. The tiny capsule orbited Earth three times.

  • The first NASA created

    NASA was created and this is important because NASA did all of the space experiments.

  • First Woman on Earth

    Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova became the first woman to fly to space when she launched on the Vostok 6 mission June 16, 1963. Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman to go into space when she flew Vostok 6 in 1963. She spent almost three days in space and orbited Earth 48 times.

  • Luna 9

    The Soviet Union launched the Luna 9 that was the first spacecraft to land softly on the moon.

  • First man on Space

    April 12 was already a huge day in space, twenty years before the launch of the first shuttle mission. On that day in 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin (left, on the way to the launch pad) became the first human in space. Also he died on a plane crash.

  • The Moon Landings

    In July, three americans astronauts circled the moon aboard Apollo 11. Once in Orbit ,neil Armstrong and buzz aldrin entered a tiny spacecraft called eagle.

  • First Pearson to Walk on the Moon

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

  • American and Russia Dicided to Work Together

    For many, the collapse of Russo-U.S. relations over Moscow’s (bloodless) invasion of Crimea and proxy war in eastern Ukraine points to the beginnings of a new Cold War. However, Russia has not irrevocably transformed itself from limited partner into implacable foe.

  • New Missions to the Moon

    In 2003 , the European Space Agency launched an unpiloted spacecraft to orbit the moon. Its main purpose was to collect data for a detail lunar map. Privite businesses have funded similar research spacecraft.

  • On the Moon's Surface

    Everything that Apollo 11, Astronaunts found was new and exsiting. For about two hours, Armstrong and Aldrin explored the moon's surface, collecting samples to take back to Earth.