Space Race Tmeline

By peyton01

  • Trinity Bomb

    Trinity Bomb
    First atomic bomb in New Mexico

  • Japan Bombing

    Japan Bombing
    First deployed atomic bomb on Hiroshima

  • USSR nuclear weapons.

    USSR nuclear weapons.
    Soviet test their first atomic bomb

  • Hydrogen Bomb

    Hydrogen Bomb
    Development of the Hydrogen Bomb

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    USSR launched Sputnik 1

  • Mercury 7

    Mercury 7
    The Mercury 7 are chosen

  • Pioneer 1

    Pioneer 1
    Pioneer 1 is launched

  • Tiros 1

    Tiros 1
    Tiros makes 1st weather satellite

  • Alan B.

    Alan B.
    Alan B. becomes first American in space

  • ICBM Missile

    ICBM Missile
    First US ICBM deployment

  • Gemini Program

    Gemini Program
    NASA launches Gemini program

  • USSR V USA

    USSR V USA
    Kennedy challenges USSR to space race

  • Walter Orbit

    Walter Orbit
    Walter orbits Earth 6 times

  • Kennedy Assassinated

    Kennedy Assassinated
    President J. Kennedy was assassinated

  • USSR Space walk

    USSR Space walk
    USSR makes the first spacewalk

  • USA space walk

    USA space walk
    First USA space walk

  • Venus 3

    Venus 3
    Venus 3 craft launches

  • Gemini 6

    Gemini 6
    Gemini 6 is launched

  • 2 die in plane crash

    2 die in plane crash
    Charles & Elliot (Astronauts) die in plane crash

  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    Luna 10 orbits the Moon

  • Lunar enters orbit

    Lunar enters orbit
    First picture took in space from distance

  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1
    Explosion on test pad kills 3 scientists

  • Clifton W.

    Clifton W.
    Killed in plane crash

  • Zond 5

    Zond 5
    Zond 5 craft is launched

  • Moon landing

    Moon landing
    First Moon landing by USA