Space race-JO1

By olb48

  • Launch of Sputnik 1

    Launch of Sputnik 1
    Sputnik 1 Launch-The machine spured the US to launch its own satellite.
    -This began competion between US and Soviet Union
    to have damanance in space.

  • Launch of Explor 1

    Launch of Explor 1
    Explor 1 Launched-First American satellite to reach orbit. The Soviet Union had already done this, so we had to try too.

  • Luna 2 impacts moon

    Luna 2 impacts moon
    Luna 2 impacts moon-It was the first man made object to touch the moon.
    -It crashed though.

  • Yuri Gagarin obits the earth once

    Yuri Gagarin obits the earth once
    Yuri Gagarin obits the earth once-This gave us Americans hope that we might win this cold war. He was the first man to go into space who worked for NASA.

  • John Glenn obits the earth 3 times

    John Glenn obits the earth 3 times
    John Glenn obits the earth 3 times-This gave us Americans hope that we might win this cold
    war

  • Cosmonaut Valentina becomes the first woman inspace

    Cosmonaut Valentina becomes the first woman inspace
    Cosmonaut Valentina becomes the first woman inspace-The first woman in space is a big deal. Not all woman were treated equal, and to have a woman
    not a man was unlike what people would think.

  • Ranger 7 transmits the first close up range images of the moon

    Ranger 7 transmits the first close up range images of the moon
    Ranger 7 transmits the first close up range images of the moon-Everyone has always wondered what the moon looked
    like up close. There have been legends and religiouse
    ideas. And then they finally have pictures. So this was a big deal.

  • Luna 9 becomes the first space craft to soft-land on themoon

    Luna 9 becomes the first space craft to soft-land on themoon
    Luna 9 becomes the first space craft to soft-land on themoon-This machine was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on any planetary body other than the Earth.

  • Lunor Obiter 1 enters obit around the moon and takes thef irst picture of Earth from a distance

    Lunor Obiter 1 enters obit around the moon and takes thef irst picture of Earth from a distance
    Lunor Obiter 1 enters obit around the moon and takes the first picture of Earth from a distance-They went to the moon but ended up seeing the earth from a distance.
    -The pictures they took facinated us.

  • Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon
    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon-We were the first to land on the moon.
    -We were the first to put a human being into to space
    and land on another planet saftly.
    -We won the cold war.