Space Race

By thomakai

  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR
    Sputnik 1- October 4th, 1957, The Soviet Union launched their first spacecraft to space shocking all American citizens who believed U.S would be the first to make an scientific achievement.

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    Dog Laika- The first animal to make orbital spaceflight around the Earth dog laika died on the 4th day cause the cabin overheated.

  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA
    The first satellite sent to space by the USA was Explorer 1, was a responsive action directed towards the USSR and Soviet Union. Carrying Science Instruments, the spacecraft followed a looping path every 114 minutes.

  • The creation of NASA

    The creation of NASA
    President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act of 1958 into law on July 29,The agency opened for business on Oct. 1, 1958.

  • First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)
    Ham (the chimpanzee in space) became the first chimpanzee in space. Save the Chimps honors Ham, his courage, and his unwilling sacrifice.

  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR
    Yuri Gagarin from the Soviet Union was the first human in space. Unlike the early U.S. human spaceflight programs, Gargain did not land inside of capsule.

  • First man in space USA

    First man in space USA
    ALan Shepard Jr, a navy commander and one of NASA´s first astronauts out of 7 to travel into space.

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

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
    Kennedy stood before congress and indicated the US "should commit itself to achieving the goal, before this decade is out, of landing a man on the Moon and returning him safely to the Earth. "

  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA
    John Glenn was a NASA astronaut who went out on a spacecraft and made history becoming the first American to orbit Earth. He was apart of the ¨Mercury 7¨.

  • Three of the important were Gemini missions

    Three of the important were Gemini missions
    First flight- Gemini 1 April 8, 1964, First crewed flight- Gemini 3 March 23, 1965, Last flight Gemini XII November 11, 1966

  • Three of the important Gemini missions

    Three of the important Gemini missions
    First Rendezvous, First docking of unscrewed spacecraft, First propulsion maneuver with docked Agena

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR
    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.

  • First man to do and EVA by USA

    First man to do and EVA by USA
    Ed White became the first American to conduct a spacewalk. The spacewalk started at 3:45 p.m.

  • Two tragedies that led up to getting to the moon- Original Gemini 9 Crew and Apollo 1 Crew

    Two tragedies that led up to getting to the moon- Original Gemini 9 Crew and Apollo 1 Crew
    The original primary crew for Gemini 9 were astronauts Elliot M. See, Command Pilot and Charles A. Bassett, Pilot.

  • The launch of Apollo 7-11 and what they were known for as their "firsts" ( that is 5 Apollo missions)

    The launch of Apollo 7-11 and what they were known for as their "firsts" ( that is 5 Apollo missions)
    Apollo 7 launched on a Saturn IB Rocket, Making it first successful crewed Apollo mission and the only crewed Apollo mission to use the Saturn IB Rocket.