Space Race -KB1

By brock31

  • Launch of sputnik 1

    spurred the us to launch a satlite
    started the space race

  • launch of explorer1

    Explorer showed the russians that we can do anything.
    Explorer showed the USSR that we will be in the space race.

  • Luna 1 is launched

    Luna was heading for the moon and then turned and orbited
    the sun.
    Luna 1 showed that anything with minor adjustments can orbit the
    hottest thing in the world.

  • Torus 1 is launched

    Torus was the first weather satlite and the russians didnt have
    one yet.
    Torus help protect the us from any storms or disasters.

  • First man in space

    This was inportant because the ussr thought that the space race
    race was over.
    The first man in space showed that the space race was comming to an end

  • First American in Space

    This showed that the space race was not over but the
    ussr was in the lead
    The first american in space showed USSR the giant spands we have been making

  • JFK speech

    JFK said that we are starting the apollo program.
    But about a month later he was assinated.

  • Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon.

    Surveyor 1 showed USSR that the space race was coming
    to an end.
    Surveyor 1 made the landing piont on the for apollo 11

  • Apollo 11 Moon Mission

    The Apollo mission was a success and show the USSR that
    the space race was over.
    lus the US won the worlds super power.