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Space race

By ilovemath123

  • Sputnik 1 lauched

    Sputnik 1 lauched
    This was the first satellite launched into space. It was a U.S.S.R. satellite meaning the US was now losing the space race

  • First life in space

    First life in space
    The U.S.S.R. sent the first dog in space on the spaceship Sputnik 2. Its name was Laika.

  • Explorer 1 launched

    Explorer 1 launched
    The first U.S. satellite was launched helping to close the gap in the space race.

  • First human in space

    First human in space
    The U.S.S.R. sent the first person, Yuri Gagarin into space on Vostok 1

  • First American in orbit

    First American in orbit
    John Glenn was launched into space aboard the Mercury-Atlas 6

  • First woman in space

    First woman in space
    Valentina Tereshkova was launched in Vostok into space

  • First multi person spacecraft launched

    First multi person spacecraft launched
    The U.S.S.R. launched Voskhod 1 with Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feoktistov, and Boris Yegorov aboard

  • First spacewalk

    First spacewalk
    Aleksei Leonov performed the first space walk on Voskhod 2.

  • First American space walk

    First American space walk
    Ed White completed the first American spacewalk on Gemini 4. The U.S. is still behind.

  • First orbital rendezvous

    First orbital rendezvous
    Frank Borman and James Lovell of the U.S. conducted the first orbital rendezvous on Gemini 7 alongside Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford on Gemini 6. The U.S. has now taken the lead in the space race.

  • First space docking

    First space docking
    Neil Armstrong and David Schott docked with an Agena target on Gemini 8.

  • Apollo program delayed

    Apollo program delayed
    Virgil Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died when a fire started during a launchpad test. This delayed the Apollo program for a year and a half.

  • First spaceflight fatality

    First spaceflight fatality
    Vladimir Komarov aborad Soyvz1 died becoming the first death in spaceflight.

  • First spacecraft to fly around the moon and return to Earth

    First spacecraft to fly around the moon and return to Earth
    Soviet probe Zond 5 was the first spacecraft to fly around the moon and return to Earth. This was an unmanned flight. The Soviets are in the lead.

  • First flight of the Apollo program

    First flight of the Apollo program
    Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham were aboard Apollo 7 completing the first flight of the Apollo program.

  • First crewed flight around moon

    First crewed flight around moon
    Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders performed the first flight around the moon man had ever done in Apollo 8. The U.S. takes the lead in the space race.

  • Explosion of Soviet N1 moon rocket

    Explosion of Soviet N1 moon rocket

  • Humans on the moon

    Humans on the moon
    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became the first humans to land on the moon. They used Apollo 11. The U.S. has won the space war.