Space race

Space race

By JamieWill
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    The size of a beach ball, and it took 95 days to orbit. Gave the US a scare with how the war wen't. "International Council of Scientific Unions" Is all NASA says about Sputnik 1.
  • Laika

    Laika

    The first dog in space was sent by the USSR on Sputnik 2. A stray from Moscow, sadly, didn't make it due to overheating after launch.
  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1

    The U.S. Army Ballistic Missile Agency was launching it. Dr. Wernher von Braun directed it. 12.52 orbits a day. Final day was May 23, 1958.
  • NASA

    NASA

    President Dwight D. Eisenhower asked Congress to make a space agency. President Eisenhower signed it off.
  • Ham

    Ham

    Used as a test subject to see if people could be safe in space. He was trained to pull a lever with a visual or auditory cue.
  • Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin

    First man to be in space, to orbit Earth. He ejected instead of landing inside the shuttle.
  • Alan Shepard

    Alan Shepard

    On Freedom 6. 15 minutes with no communication glitches. Second person to enter space.
  • J.F. Kennedy

    J.F. Kennedy

    Wanting to win the "Space Race," JFK said he was going to send men to the moon safely. Alan Shepard was the first US citizen in space.
  • EVA USSR

    EVA USSR

    Also known as a space walk, Alexei Leonov spent about 12 minutes outside of the spacecraft called Voskhod.
  • Gemini 4

    Gemini 4

    People- James "Jim" McDivitt and Edward "Ed" White.
    First space walk. 4 days. Orbited Earth 62 times.
  • EVA USA

    EVA USA

    Ed White was the first American to do an EVA. He spent up to 23 minutes in space.
  • Gemini 8

    Gemini 8

    People- Neil Armstrong and David Scott.
    They did the first docking of twp space crafts while in orbit.
  • Gemini 12

    Gemini 12

    People- James "Jim" Lovell and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr.
    Final Gemini flight. Mastered the space walk.
  • Apollo 1 fire

    Apollo 1 fire

    A fire was lit inside the craft, and the door was sealed so that Grissom, White, and Chaffee couldn't get out. They passed away while trapped.
  • Gemini 6A

    Gemini 6A

    A very large catastrophic failure happened while waiting for the launch time, causing it to explode. The launch was then, of course, canceled.
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    People- Walter "Wally" Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and R. Walter Cunningham. First flight for the Apollo missions.
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    People- Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders. Orbited the moon and saw the dark side of it.
  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9

    People- James A McDivitt, David R Scott, and Russell L Schweickart. First crewed flight mission for the LM.