Newman Becklund Space Race

By Kayla and Chloe

  • Sputnick Second Launch

    Sputnick Second Launch
    USSR sent a dog into space to see if it would servive. Satelites name Sputnick.

  • American First Launch

    American First Launch
    The first american satilte to reach orbit. Stilite called the explorer.

  • Luna 1

    Luna 1
    Luna 1 launched by the USSR was the first man made object to orbit the sun.

  • Tiros 1

    Tiros 1
    Tiros 1 first succesful weather satilite.

  • Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin
    Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space.

  • John Glenn

    John Glenn
    John Glenn orbits the Earth three times.

  • Scott Carpenter

    Scott Carpenter
    Scott Carpenter repeats John Glenn's flight aboard "Aurora 7".

  • Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova

    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova
    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

  • Ranger 7

    Ranger 7
    Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.

  • Alexei Leonov

    Alexei Leonov
    Alexei Leonov spends 12 minutes outside of his Voskhod spacecraft performing the first spacewalk.

  • Astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See

    Astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See
    Astronauts Charles Bassett and Elliott See die when their plane crashes in bad weather.

  • Lunar Orbiter 1

    Lunar Orbiter 1
    Lunar Orbiter 1 enters orbit around the Moon and takes the first picture of the Earth from that distance.

  • First Deaths in Space

    First Deaths in Space
    During a test on the launchpad, a fire kills Apollo 1 astronauts Virgil "Gus" Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee. Then, on April 24, 1967, the Soviet craft Soyuz 2 crashes on re-entry, killing Vladimir Komarov — the first cosmonaut to die during flight.

  • Venera 4

    Venera 4
    Venera 4 transmits data about the atmosphere of Venus.

  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7
    The crew of Apollo 7 begin a 10 day mission to study the new spacecraft.

  • Soyuz 4 & 5

    Soyuz 4 & 5
    Soyuz 4 & 5 perform the first Soviet spacecraft docking.

  • First Moon Landing

    First Moon Landing
    During the flight of Apollo 11, Niel Armstrong becomes the first man to walk on the moon. Armtrong says " one small step for man, one giant step for man-kind".

  • First American Space StationMay 14, 1973

    First American Space StationMay 14, 1973
    The first American space station, Skylab, is damaged during launch. The first of three crews arrive 11 days later for a 28-day stay. They make in-orbit repairs and set records for time spent in space.

  • First International Docking in SpaceJuly 17, 1975

    First International Docking in SpaceJuly 17, 1975
    American and Soviet spacecraft dock together in space in a show of peaceful cooperation during the Apollo-Soyuz mission.

  • First Mars Landing

    First Mars Landing
    Viking 1, an unmanned scientific probe controlled by scientists on Earth, transmits the first pictures from the surface of Mars. Viking 2 arrived in September 1976.