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point one for the russians
the russians launch sputnik 1. -
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the events of the space race.
this timeline is events about what happened when the space race was going on. -
piont two for the russians
the russians launch sputnik 2. -
explorer 1
we launch explorer 1 into space. -
explorer 2
explorer 2 was launched into space. -
vanguard 1
vanguard 1 was launched and fuctioned for 3 years. -
sputnik 3
sputnik 3 was launched. -
who's winning now
pioneer 1 was launched to a hieght of 70,700 miles -
no more troops
khrshcev demands withdrawels of troops. -
luna 1
luna 1 is launched by the USSR. it is the first man-made object to orbit the sun -
pioneer 4
pioneer 4 is launched on a earth-moon trajectory. it passed within 37,000 miles of the moon before falling into solar orbit. -
luna 2
luna 2 is launched. it impacts the moon on september 13, becoming the first man-made object to do so. -
luna 3
luna 3 orbits the moon and photographs 70% of it's surface. -
spy plane down
soviet union annouces that they accendentialy shot down a u.s spy plane. -
first american man in space
alan b. shepard was the first american man in space -
first man in space
Yuri Gagarin obits earth once and becomes the first man in space. -
in space for a day
Gherman Titov spends a day in space aboard the vostok 2 -
bberlin wall
berlin wall closed for construction -
construction
the construction of the berlin wall begins. -
new record
walter schirra orbits the earth 6 times -
first women in space
cosmonuat valentia tereshkova becomes the first women in space -
china and the a-bomb
china devolps the a-bomb -
fighting off the reds
u.s. marines were sent to dominican replublic to fight communism. -
dispatching
announced the dispatching of 200,000 u.s. troops to vietnam -
close ranger
mariner 4 returns close ranger imges of mars. -
luna 10
luna 10 becomes the first satelite to orbit the moon -
venus's atmosphere
venera 4 trasmits data about the atmosphere of of venus. -
a new spacecraft
the crew of apollo 7 begin a ten day mission to study a new spacecraft. -
we won hooray
neil armstrong and edwin buzz aldrin become the first men to walk onthe moon while crewmate michael collins orbits around the moon alone.
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