Space race timeline

By worleaut

  • First satellite in space by USSR

    Sputnik I. earths first official satelite

  • First animal in space by USSR

    Dog laika was in the space craft sputnik 2

  • Creation of NASA

    a civilian agency responsible for coordinating americas activities in space

  • First man in space by USSR

    Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man in space

  • First man to orbit Earth by USSR

    Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin was the first man to orbit the earth

  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    announced the goal of landing a man on the moon

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    Alexi Leonov was the first man to perform a spacewalk

  • 3 events that were important in the Gemini missions

    To test an astronauts ability to fly long duration missions, to understand how spacecraft could rendezvous and dock in orbit around the earth and moon, and to further understand the effects of long term space flights.

  • Any tragedies that led up to getting to the moon

    The apollo fire was a huge tragedy

  • The launch of Apollo 7-11 and what they were known for as their "firsts"

    The first live T.V program from space