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The space race began
The space race was almost 3 decades long. they always had guns tanks and everything ready for if the soviet attacked they were ready. -
Sputnik launch
Sputnik 1 racked the space race. It was the first sucsessful sateliette. -
Sputnik 2
Sputnik 2 was the second sateliette ever launched and they found out there was a dog on board. She was the first dog in space. -
Launch of explorer 1
Explorer 1 was a missile that flew in space and found lots of different planets and different solar systems. -
Launch of Explorer 2
Explorer 2 fails to reach orbit. -
Vanguard 1
This spacecraft has been orbiting the earth for 58 years. It has been traveling for almost 6 decades! -
Sputnik 3 launch
Sputnik 3 was launched as a craft for reaserch there was no living animals but it was a pretty cool looking spaceship. -
NASA
NASA was born on this day -
Pioneer 1 launch
Pioneer 1 reached 70,700 miles at lift-off. -
Luna 1 Launch
Luna 1, also known as Mechta, E-1 No.4 and First Cosmic Ship, was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Earth's Moon, and the first spacecraft to be placed in heliocentric orbit. -
Pioneer 4 Launch
Pioneer 4 was a spin-stabilized unmanned spacecraft launched as part of the Pioneer program on a lunar flyby trajectory and into a heliocentric orbit making it the first U.S. probe to escape from the Earth's gravity. -
Mercury seven
These seven original American astronauts were Scott Carpenter, Gordon Cooper, John Glenn, Gus Grissom, Wally Schirra, Alan Shepard, and Deke Slayton. Members of the group flew on all classes of NASA manned orbital spacecraft of the 20th century — Mercury, Gemini, Apollo, and the Space Shuttle. -
Luna 2 Launch
Luna 2 or Lunik 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, and the first man-made object to land on another celestial body. -
Luna 3 Launch
Luna 2 or Lunik 2 was the second of the Soviet Union's Luna programme spacecraft launched to the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon, and the first man-made object to land on another celestial body. -
Tiros 1 launch
TIROS I was the first successful low-Earth orbital weather satellite, and the first of a series of Television Infrared Observation Satellites. -
Discoverer 14 launch
Discoverer 14 was the first successful low resolution photo surveillance spacecraft launched by the US Air Force. It was launched into a polar orbit by a Thor booster from Vandenberg AFB. After the Thor exhausted its fuel, the Agena A vehicle atop the Thor separated from it. The Agena's main engine then ignited, increasing the satellite's top speed to 17,658 mph, thereby achieving an orbit of 116 miles above the earth at the low point and 502 miles at the high point. -
JFK announcement
JFK announces we are going to land two humas on the moon and return them safely. -
Moon orbit
Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders begin the first manned journey from the Earth to the Moon. On Christmas Eve they take turns reading Genesis in a broadcast heard around the world. -
First soviet docking.
Soyuz 4 & 5 perform the first Soviet spacecraft docking. -
Moon landing
Landed Edwin buzz and Neil Armstrong on the moon. -
Description
I enjoyed this project. It helped me understand how the space race was. I used wikipedias pictures and used the NASA website for info.
