Space Race-RE5

By ELW22

  • USSR launches Sputnik 1.

    lt was the first time a satilite was launched into space.

  • USSR launches Sputnik 2 which carried a small dog named Laika into orbit.

    It was the first time a dog was launched into space.

  • Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.

  • Sputnik 3 is launched.

  • Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space.