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Space Race Timeline
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Sputnik launched by U.S.S.R.
!st official satelite put into space by the U.S.S.R. The U.S feared that the U.S.S.R. had the technology to deliver a nuclear warhead via the R-7 Rocket. Space Exploration Packet -
U.S.S.R puts Laika, a dog, into space
Laika the space dog was launched into space by the U.S.S.R into space aboard Sputnik 2 to see if humans could survive inside their spacecrafts in space. Space Exploration Packet -
Explorer 1 launched by U.S.
The first official U.S. satelite was put into obit around the Earth. The U.S. didn't want to get behind the U.S.S.R., so this the Explorer 1 was launched very quickly after Sputnik. Space Exploration Packet -
NASA Formed
NASA(National Aeronautics and Space Administration) was formed, replacing NACA(National Advisory Commitee on Aeronautics).http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Yuri Gagarin, first man in Space
The U.S.S.R. launches the first human into space, Yuri Gagarin, aboard the Vostok 7, and orbits the earth once. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
Alan Shepard, First American in Space
Alan B. Shepard flies a spacecraft out of Earth's atmosphere to become the first American in Space. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
JFK's Speech
John F. Kennedy challenges the U.S. to get to the moon before the end of the decade. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
John Glenn, first American in to orbit earth.
John Glenn flies up into space in the Friendship 7 and orbits around the Earth. Space Exploration Packet -
First steps on moon taken
Three U.S. astronauts circle the moon. The first Human steps are taken on the moon by Neil Armstrong. He says as he walks onto the moon," That's one small step for man, One giant leap for mankind.http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ -
LUNA 15 Crashes
The unmanned spacecraft, the LUNA 15, crashes into the moon near the American moon landing sight/