Space race

The Space Race USA vs. USSR

By brookymax1997

  • First artifical satallite to orbit Earth.

    First artifical satallite to orbit Earth.
    It was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into Earth's orbit by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The announcement of Sputnik 1's success started the Space Race.

  • First photo of Earth from Space.

    First photo of Earth from Space.
    The first satellite photographs of Earth were made on August 14, 1959 by the U.S. Explorer 6.

  • First probe to land on the moon.

    First probe to land on the moon.
    Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon. It was sent by the USSR.

  • First photo take of the far side of the moon

    First photo take of the far side of the moon
    The probe Luna 3 was an early feat in space exploration of outer space.

  • First human in orbit.

    First human in orbit.
    Vostok 1 was the first human spaceflight in history. The Vostok 1 was launched on April 12, 1961. The flight took Yuri Gagarin, from the Soviet Union, into space.

  • First manned lunar orbit.

    First manned lunar orbit.
    Apollo 8 was the second manned mission of the American Apollo space program. It took three days for it to orbit the moon and return to Earth.

  • First human on the moon.

    First human on the moon.
    Apollo 11 was the spaceflight which landed the first humans on the moon. The two men that landed ln the moon was Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, Jr. They landed on July 20, 1969, at 20:17:39 UTC. The mission is considered a major accomplishment in the history of exploration.

  • First space station launched into space.

    First space station launched into space.
    Salyut 1 was the first space station of any kind, launched by the USSR on April 19, 1971. It was launched unmanned using a Proton-K rocket.

  • First satalite to orbit Mars.

    First satalite to orbit Mars.
    Mariner 9 is a NASA space orbiter that helped in the exploration of Mars and was part of the Mariner program. It took a total of 7329 photos by the time it returned to Earth.