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Space Race Timeline

  • Lauching of Spunik 1

    Lauching of Spunik 1
    the fist manamaade thing to go in space. It was put into space by soviet russia.
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    Space Race

  • spunik 2

    spunik 2
    was the first dog to go into space. the dog died within hours of being up in space. thiswas done so soviet russia could say they beat us when in reality they murdered.
  • N.A.S.A.

    N.A.S.A.
    NASA was founded. taking over advisory comitee of aeronatics.
  • satellite to orbit the sun

    satellite to orbit the sun
    luna 1,was the first statelite to orbit the sun. this saterlite was made by russia.
  • photos from earth in space

    photos from earth in space
    these where the first photos of the earth from space. given to us by nasa (USA)
  • Tirus 1

    Tirus 1
    was the first weather satelellite to to be launched. this accomplishement was by the US.
  • Mercury Freedom 7

    Mercury Freedom 7
    Carried Alan B Shepard Jr..this was the first american in space. He was truly a hero.he had a suborbital flight.
  • Vostok 2

    Vostok 2
    Gherma totov sspends a day in space abpard Vostok 2. he was russian.
  • Vosak 6

    Vosak 6
    this was the first women in space. she was part of the soviet russia and orbited 48 times.
  • First space walk

    First space walk
    Alexei Leonor was the first man to do a space walk . He was a Russian and was out there for 12 min,
  • Luna 10

    Luna 10
    luna 10 was the first satellite to orbit the moon. This was a russian accomplishment.
  • Austronut dies

    Austronut dies
    Austrnut Willaim Clifton William is killed in a plane crash . This is a major disadvantage for nasa because if more austronut die the nasa program might end.American austronut.
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    apollo 8 is launched .this was the first apollo to use a a saturn V rocket and first manned space rocket to orbit the moon(orbit the moon 10 time in 6 day mission). american Austrnouts
  • satellite orbits another planet

    satellite orbits another planet
    A satellite from the USA orbit Mars.
  • Apollo 17 returns from the moon

    Apollo 17 returns from the moon
    this is when the united stated beat soviet russia to the moon. Aa great acompilishment.making austronut hero's.