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.