space race - Carmen R

By Crangel04
  • First satellite launched by USSR

    First satellite launched by USSR

    Sputnik I
  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR

    Dog Laika
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    Explorer 1
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    Keith Glennan
    Hugh L. Dryden
    The National Aeronautics Space Administrations
  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA

    Ham the Chimp
  • First man in Space by USSR

    First man in Space by USSR

    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    Pilot Alan Shepard
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    Astronaut John H Glenn
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    "We choose to go to the Moon" - JFK
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
  • Three of the Gemini missions

    Three of the Gemini missions

    Gemini 3 test the basic system of Gemini spacecraft and make the first orbit changing maneuvers in space
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    Astronaut Edward White
  • Three of the Gemini missions

    Three of the Gemini missions

    Gemini 4 mission included the first space walk
  • Three of the Gemini Missions

    Three of the Gemini Missions

    Gemini 8 marked the first successful dual launch and landing
  • Tragedies that led up getting to the moon

    Tragedies that led up getting to the moon

    Gemini 9 crew, killed in a crash while in flight of a T-38
  • Tragedies that led up getting to the moon

    Tragedies that led up getting to the moon

    Apollo I crew, killed during a test launch due to a fire erupting
  • The Launch of Apollo 7

    The Launch of Apollo 7

    Was the first crewed flight in NASA's Apollo program
  • The Launch of Apollo 8

    The Launch of Apollo 8

    First manned flight to the moon
  • The Launch of Apollo 9

    The Launch of Apollo 9

    test flight of lunar module in earth orbit
  • The Launch of Apollo 10

    The Launch of Apollo 10

    the second flight of a human crew to the Moon and the dress rehearsal for the next Apollo mission, in which astronauts would first walk on the lunar surface.
  • The Launch of Apollo 11

    The Launch of Apollo 11

    The first people to land on the moon and walk on The lunar surface