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Atomic Bomb
First Atomic bomb explosion in New Mexico called the Manhattan Project -
Japan bombing
Final stage of WW2, US dropped an atomic bomb on Japan -
Soviet bomb
Soviets tested nuclear weapons Joe 1 -
H-bomb
US successfully dropped "Mike" the worlds first hydrogen bomb Elugelab Atoll in the Pacific Marshall Islands. -
Sputnik 1
Sputnik launches and is the first satellite -
Explorer 1
The first American satellite the Explorer 1 reaches orbit -
NASA
NASA is formed and one of the main reasons we made it so far in space history. -
ICBM
Intercontinental Ballistic Missiles (ICBMs) were first deployed by the United States in 1959 and continue to be a critical weapon in the American -
Luna launched
Luna launched by USSR and was the first man made object to orbit the sun. -
Mercury 7
Mercury seven formed and was the first human space flight program in the US. -
Tiros 1
Was the first successful weather satellite -
Discoverer XIV (14)
US launches it into space and has the first camera equipped spy satellite -
JFK
John F Kennedy was elected to be the as the President of the United States and was very much involved with some decisions for NASA. -
First man in space
The first man in space was Yuri Gagarin and he orbits the earth -
Alan B
Alan B goes up in space for the first time and is the first American in space. -
Gemini Program
NASA announces the Gemini Program which leads to bigger and better projects -
John Glenn
John Glenn orbits the earth three times and it was the next orbit right after the USSR. -
Gemini capsule
Gus Grisson and John Young fly the first Gemini Capsule -
Ed White
Ed White was the first man to do a spacewalk. -
Luna 9
Luna 9 soft landed on the moon and was the first spacecraft to -
Surveyor 1
Soft lands on the moon further in the space -
Verana 4
Verna 4 gets info about Venus and now we can get more information about other planets. -
Frank, James, William
First mained journey to the earth and the moon -
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin
First to walk on the moon -
Lunar landing
Alan B and Pete Conrad preform the first precision lunar landingn
