Space Race Timeline

By Crzaymax

  • Launching of Sputnik- First Satellite for USSR

  • First animal in space for the USSR

    First animal in space for the USSR
    First Animal was a Dog Laika who was sent out to space on the Sputnik 2

  • First US Satellite

    First US Satellite
    The Explorer 1 was a missle like Satellite with 4 long needles out of its interior body. US's first Satellite.

  • Creation of NaSa

    Creation of NaSa
    President Eisenhower Signed the Act of Aeronautics and Space on July 29, NASA opened up for business Oct 1, 1958

  • First Chimp for NASA

    First Chimp for NASA
    The first Chimp for NASA was named Ham, he was the helper for space tasks.

  • The First Man to Gaze Upon the Earth

    The First Man to Gaze Upon the Earth
    Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space, He was apart of the USSR his vehicle was the Vostok 1

  • First US man in space

    First US man in space
    Allan Shepard was the first man who was in the US to go to space

  • We Choose to Go to The Moon

    We Choose to Go to The Moon
    The speech from JFK about the moon and how the US will be getting to the moon.