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Space Race

By heidieadkins

  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR
    Sputnik
    This sparked the race, bringing chaos into America with the fear of foreign weaponry being launched from space.

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    Laika, a service dog.
    It died 7 hours after takeoff, dying of overheating and panic.

  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA
    Explorer 1, it followed a looping path that orbited earth once every 114 minutes.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    NASA, the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was created when Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958.

  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA
    Ham the chimp!
    Part of the US space program Project Mercury, he came back!

  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR
    Yuri Gagarin, on the Vostok 1 was the first man to go to space.

  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA
    Alan Shepard, aboard the Freedom 7 space capsule.

  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
    In this speech, JFK ambitiously states that they will have a man on the moon in the next decade.