spacial race

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  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    Sputnik 1 was the first of several satellites launched by the Soviet Union in its Sputnik program. Sputnik 1 was the first successful attempt to put an artificial satellite into orbit around the Earth.

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into orbit around the Earth. The first being to enter orbit was a dog named Laika.

  • vanguard TV3

    vanguard TV3
    before the advances of the USSR eisenhower president of the USA in 1953 and 1961, ordered the launch of a satellite.

  • explorer

    explorer
    The US Army had been working on another project, Explorer 1, which was the first satellite put into orbit by the United States.

  • Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1
    USA sends the vanguard 1, being the first satelite powered by solar energy

  • NASA fundation

    NASA fundation
    the president of USA founded the NASA

  • Mercury program

    Mercury program
    USA started the Mercury program with the goal of discovering if man could survive in outer space

  • Explorer 6

    Explorer 6
    Explorer 6 was a NASA artificial satellite launched on August 7, 1959. It was the first satellite to obtain a photograph of the Earth from space.

  • Dark side of the moon

    Dark side of the moon
    The hidden face of the Moon is the hemisphere of this satellite that cannot be observed from Earth because the Moon always presents the same face to it. This hemisphere was hidden from human view until the Soviet Luna 3 automatic probe first photographed it on October 7, 1959.

  • Ham

    Ham
    Ham, also known as Ham the Chimpanzee (July 1956–January 19, 1983), was the first hominid to fly into outer space.

  • the mercury program was successful

    the mercury program was successful
    the project was successful where first american john glenn aboard the friendship7 to the space

  • The first woman to travel to space

    The first woman to travel to space
    Valentina Tereshkova took off in command of the Vostok 6 mission with the intention of becoming the first woman to travel to outer space.

  • The first spacewalk

    The first spacewalk
    Aleksei Arjípovich Leonov was a Soviet-Russian pilot, engineer and cosmonaut, known for performing the first spacewalk on March 18, 1965.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Apollo 11 was the fifth manned mission in the United States Apollo Program and the first in history to land a human on the Moon. Commander Armstrong was the first human being to step on the surface of the Earth's satellite on July 21, 1969 at 2:56 a.m.

  • The end of the spacial race

    The end of the spacial race
    The space race weakened at the beginning of the 70s, since in 1972 both powers began a joint project.