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The Space Race MW1

By woo72

  • Launch of Sputnik 1

    Launch of Sputnik 1
    Sputnik and the dawn of the Space Age/Space Timeline Sputnik 1 started the Space Race. The Space Race began the competition between the U.S. and the Soviet Union to have dominiance in Space. Sputnik 1 is the world's first artificial satellite

  • NASA replaces NACA

    NASA replaces NACA
    Space.com/History/NASA/Space Timeline
    When sputniks were launched, a bunch of events led to the development of NASA. NACA was expanded to create NASA.

  • Launch of Luna 1

    Launch of Luna 1
    We come from the future/NASA/Space Timeline/
    Luna 1 is the first spacecraft to reach the moon and was also the first artificial comet. Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to achieve escape velocity and make space it's permenant home. Luna 1 became the greatest failed spaceship.

  • Launch of Tiros 1

    Launch of Tiros 1
    Space.com/Wired/Space Timeline
    Tiros 1 was the first weather satalite launched. Weather satellites changed a key way that humans view the future, making it possible to forsee potential disasters before they arrive and prepare for them.

  • Yuri Gargarin orbits the Earth

    Yuri Gargarin orbits the Earth
    about education/Space Timeline
    Yuri was the first man to enter space and make it back to Earth safely. He also was the first person to orbit the Earth. Yuri was abord the Vostok 1.

  • President Kennedy challenges nation to go to the moon

    President Kennedy challenges nation to go to the moon
    Space Timeline
    Kennedy's speech ensured the U.S. That we were going to do something great. He was also trying to ensure them that the U.S. was still in the race.

  • First Woman in Space

    First Woman in Space
    [History/](www.history.com/this-day-in-history/first-woman-in-space)[Space Timeline](http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/)
    The first woman in space was Valentina Tereshkova. This was a big deal because women back then did not usually get to have those jobs and women didn't usually have as many rights as men.

  • Ed White performs America's first space walk.

    Ed White performs America's first space walk.
    Time.com/Space Timeline
    This was a big deal because America was still in the race and had a better chance of winning.

  • Venera 4 transmits data about the atmoshere of Venus

    Venera 4 transmits data about the atmoshere of Venus
    NASA/Space Timeline
    It was the first probe to transmit data from the atmosphere of another planet. The probe measured an atmospheric composition of 90 - 95% carbon dioxide.

  • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.
    NASA/Space Timeline
    The first moon walk was one of the greatest achievements in space History. The first moonwalk played a big factor of the U.S. winning the space race.