Space Race

By soude23

  • Sputnik1

    Space raceOn October 4th U.S.S.R launced the first satellite into space called the Sputnik 1and that kicked of the "Space Race" with the United States.And it also showed that the russians could launch nuclear warheads.

  • Sputnik 2

    Space RaceOn November 3 the U.S.S.R launched Sputnik 2 with a passenger named Lakia the dog which proved that living things can be in outer space and was the first living mammal to be in outer space.

  • Explorer 1

    Space RaceOn January 31 the US launched to them the first american satellite but to russians was the third satellite.Which caught up the US in the race against the Russians

  • Explorer 2

    Space Race On march 5 the US lauched another satellite into space called the Explorer2 but failed to reach orbit and instead crashed.

  • NASA

    Space race On October 1 the Natinal Areonautics and Space Administracion (NASA) wich replaced the Natinal Advisory Commitee on Areonautics (NACA)

  • Discoverer XIV

    Space Race On the 18 the US launched a satellite that was the first camera equipped spy satellite to spy on the russians.

  • Yuri Gagarin

    Space Race On April 12th USSR launched a one man spaceship with Yuri Gagarin into space making him the very first man to be in space.Yuri did one orbit around the earth and that made the USSR eveb farther in the space race.

  • Alan b. Sheperd

    sozbnv raceOn May5th the us launched Alan b Sheperd into wspace to top the Yuri gagarin going into space but he didnt do it once he did it three times around the earth

  • JFK speech

    space raceOn november 8th the president made a speech about going to the moon and landing them back on earth safley and that made the apollo program and would end the space race if they were sucsessfull.

  • John Glenn

    space race On feb 20 John glenn did the same that alan b sheperd that was to orbit the earth three times and come back safley back home and that was done by the usa

  • Apollo 11!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

    space raceOn july 20th history was made on the mission apollo 11 Neil Armstong and Buzz Aldrin were sent off to land on the moon and walk on the moon and they were sucsessfull and that is what made the Space Race end and a win for the United States