Space Timeline

By Svolz
  • Command module crash

    Command module crash
    Navy divers approach the module. They are wearing Biological Isolation Garments to protect them from possible pathogens, or diseases, brought back form the moon. Their job is to help the astronauts exit the Columbia and board a waiting Navy ship. The astronauts weer washing down with sodium hypochlorite and placed in quarantine. (APIC, 1969, p. 598)
  • Space Race

    Space Race
    For decades the United States of America and the soviet union were engaged in a race known as the Space Race, it was a race to the moon. They were both racing to be the first country on the moon.(NASA, 2025, p. 570)
  • Apollo 11 Launch

    Apollo 11 Launch
    Apollo 11 was the space ship that went to the moon, it carried Buzz Aldwin, and Neil Armstrong, the first people on the moon. (NASA, 1969, p. 579)
  • Apollo 11 command module

    Apollo 11 command module
    The command module served as the living quarters for the Apollo 11 astronauts, and it was this craft that astronaut Michael Collins piloted around the moon while Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldin walked on the surface. (APIC, 1969, p. 581)
  • The footprint

    The footprint
    This footprint was made by Buzz Aldwin, they were the second person on the moon and they came on the Apollo 11. (APIC, 1969, p. 585)
  • Moon rocks

    Moon rocks
    (Weaver, 1969, p. 618) when Apollo 11 landed on the moon in 1969 scientists back on Earth waited in rapt anticipation for samples of moon soil and rock.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    The Apollo 11 was a space ship made by NASA intended to be the first ship to carry people to the moon, thats exactly what happened, it launched and they made it to the moon. (NASA, 1969, p. 574)
  • The Aftermath

    The Aftermath
    After the astronauts Buzz Aldwin and Neil Armstrong returned from the moon they got a parade in their honor. (NASA, 1969, p. 590)
  • First man-made object in space

    First man-made object in space
    This was the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched into orbit by the Soviets. Americans were shocked and confused. Would the satellite be used to spy on us? Were we in danger? what did it mean? (Hickman, 1998, p. 571)
  • And a Dog Shall Lead Them

    And a Dog Shall Lead Them
    Laika was an animal sent to space for testing, they wanted to test whether or not human brains could survive in space and whether or not they could consume food. (Antonio, 2007, p. 575)