Space Race Bath George

By Chrisbath02

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    Russian launch and orbit into space

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    First satellite launched into space by the United States

  • Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin
    Became the first human to orbit space with the Russian Space Program

  • Ham the Astrchimp

    Ham the Astrchimp
    First chimp sent into space

  • Alan Shepard

    Alan Shepard
    First American that went to space

  • John Glenn

    John Glenn
    Orbited in space shuttle Discovery, oldest person to adventure into space

  • The Beginning Of The Gemini Program

    The Beginning Of The Gemini Program
    Gemini was an early NASA human spaceflight program. Gemini helped NASA get ready for the Apollo moon landings. Ten crews flew missions on the two-man Gemini spacecraft. The Gemini missions were flown in 1965 and 1966. They flew between the Mercury and Apollo programs. https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/5-8/features/nasa-knows/what-was-gemini-program-58.html

  • Apollo 1 Tragic Fire

    Apollo 1 Tragic Fire
    A fire swept through the command module on Apollo 1 and all three crew members died.
    https://www.space.com/17338-apollo-1.html

  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    Apollo 8's primary mission was to orbit around the moon and back, Apollo 8 is famous for the picture called "Earthrise".

  • Unmanned landings on the Moon

    Unmanned landings on the Moon
    Apollo 11 became the first manned mission to the moon By the United States

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Apollo 11 is famous for the first Moon landing. Neil Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the Moon and left behind his foot print and American Flag.
    https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/home/F_Apollo_11.html