Space Race

By chloerstrong

  • USSR launches Sputnik 1

    USSR launches Sputnik 1
    USSR launched the first satilite, Sputnik 1, into space from earth. This started the Space Race between the US and USSR.

  • First Object Orbits the Sun

    First Object Orbits the Sun
    The first man made object was launched into orbit around the Sun. It was called Luna 1 and gave the USSR an up in the Space Race.

  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space
    USSR Yuri Gagarin orbits Earth and becomes the first man in space.

  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk
    USSR sends Leonov who spends 12 minuetes outside of the spacecraft. The incidenct becomes called the first space walk.

  • Manned Journey Aound Moon

    Manned Journey Aound Moon
    The US sends Frank Borman, James Lovell, and William Anders from the Earth to the Moon. Finally the US now is ahead of USSR.

  • Man Walks On Moon

    Man Walks On Moon
    US Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon. This event unofficialy ends the Space Race with the US ahead.