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USSR launches Spunik 1
The lauch of Spunik made the U.S to lauch its own statelittles and begin space exploration in faster.It also marked the beginning of the competition between the U.S and the USSR to have domminace in space -
Sputnik 2 with the first living Sputnik 2 with the first living passenger, the dog Laika, aboard.
This was a big accomplish to the Soviet Union and America because they have the skills to build a aircraft. That can help a life form to orbit the Earth. America was also changelled. -
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.
Explorer 1 was a big deal to America because it was the first aircraft to go into the orbit of space. -
The "Mercury Seven" astronauts are selected by NASA
By NASA picking the astronauts the space race was one big step closer to go up to space because now they have to train them go to space. -
Luna 2 is launched.It impacts the Moon on September 13,becoming the first man-made object to do so.
This was a manger step for man to step on the moon the with all the knowledge they received because they figured out for example how much gas the aircraft needs for the fight,what the astrount need to be trait more on so nothing bad happeneds. -
Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space
This was a really big step for man because now they have most of the knowledge of what can,will,and might happen. -
L. Gordon Cooper spends 34 hours in space. He is the last American to fly in space alone
This is great test for NASA because if one man can servive in space for 34 hours then 2 or more men can servive all together with them working together. -
Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.
With having images of the moon NASA can change/fix the landing broseaches because depending on the sufface the landing will be different every time -
The crew of Apollo 7 begin a 10 day mission to study the new spacecraft
This was one of the final step to make it to space, learning how to work the aircraft carfully. If the astounts didn't learn carfully they could die in space on take off. -
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.
This was it the final day we finaly got men on the Moon successfuly. With the information of the Moon we can now try to move on to different plants like Mars.