Space Race. Chronology of Space Race Events Russia launch 1 st satellite, Sputnik, 1957. Russia sends 1 st man, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space United States.

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Space Race

Chronology of Space Race Events Russia launch 1 st satellite, Sputnik, Russia sends 1 st man, Yuri A. Gagarin, into space United States creates Space Program Project Mercury - Alan B. Sheppard 1 st US to go into space; John Glenn 1 st US to orbit Earth Project Gemini- 2 space crafts link in space Project Apollo- 1 st person on moon, Neil Armstrong

Websites Why was NASA formed? 4.htm 4.htm Timeline for the “space race” ateline_moon/space.htm ateline_moon/space.htm Summary of 3 phases of U.S. space program

Satellite- orbits Earth Probe- into deep space; sends info to Earth; never returns Space station- space apartment – Mir – Skylab Shuttle- reusable spacecraft used to transport people, products

d.nasa.gov/apod/ap html&usg=AFQj CNFLkFBqNh3RrMxVgQYTbJvDd7RfVA spof.gsfc.nasa.gov/Education/wexp1 3.html