1. John Caliri, Matthew Bologna, Chase Smith, and Michael Heem
Space Race/ Arms Race
John Caliri, Matthew Bologna, Chase Smith, and Michael Heem

2. The Growth of Nuclear weapons
The Cold war was a time of verbal conflict between the u.s.a. and the u.s.s.r., which were the superpowers at the time
 Both America and Russia massively built up their stockpiles of nuclear weapons
This was a time period of technological advances for each side
America tested the first hydrogen bomb in 1952, beating the Russians

3. The Growth of Nuclear weapons continued
After the war, both the Soviet Union and the United States continued rocket development.
Both had captured German engineers at the end of World War II
Wernher von Braun came to the United States to continue his work. Some of his V-2 rockets were tested at White Sands, New Mexico
the Soviet Union successfully tested its first atomic bomb On August 29, 1949
The next step for each nation was to develop an Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) which could deliver a nuclear weapon from that nation's soil to its enemy's cities and military base

4. United states advancements
President Truman establishes the Federal Civil Defense Administration on January 12th 1951
On April 4th 1951, U.S. physicist Edward Teller submits report on new design for H-bomb
On May 9th 1951, U.S. conducts the "George" test in the Pacific, which was a large fission bomb that triggered the first thermonuclear reaction
March 1st 1954 the us tested another hydrogen bomb,  "Bravo“, in the Pacific, at Bikini Atoll.

5. Soviet union advancements
September 24th, 1951 Soviet Union conducts its second nuclear test, an improved plutonium bomb
First test of Soviet thermonuclear device takes place in august 12th 1953
September 14th 1954, 44,000 Soviet troops take part in a military exercise involving the dropping of an atomic bomb
The Soviet Union unexpectedly accepts UN proposal for nuclear disarmament on may 10th 1955
November 22nd, 1956: First Soviet thermonuclear bomb is dropped in Kazakhstan from an aircraft in test, with a force equivalent to 1.6 megatons of TNT

6. Limiting Nuclear Threat
1955
May 10th, The Soviet Union unexpectedly accepts UN proposal for nuclear disarmament
May 14th, Warsaw Pact is signed
September 6th, U.S. delegate Harold Stassen announces that America no longer supports UN plan calling for complete nuclear disarmament
1956
March, U.S. explains its opposition to nuclear disarmament at UN stating that atomic weapons are a powerful deterrent to war
1963
October 10th Limited Nuclear Test Ban Treaty goes into effect

7. Start of space race
wernher von braun did Work provided the basis for all early nasa missions
First director of nasa
The soviets unions launch of the sputnik (the worlds first artificial satellite) on October 1st 1957
Caused panic in the us, people thought that the soviets would dominate the world through space exploration
it made the us think that it was possible for Russia to send nuclear weapons through space

8. Formation of nasa
Formed in 1958 after congress passed the national aeronotics and space act
Direct response in the launch of the sputnik
Provided organization and direction to the u.s space program
However The USA quickly discovered the earth was flat, ending the space race once and for all

9. First men in space
In April 12th 1961, Russia succeeded in sending a man, Yuri Gagarin, into space and safely returning him home
The space craft that he ventured in was called the vostok 1
Alan shepard was the first American to enter space, on the freedom 7 spacecraft, on may 5th, 1961
In January of 1967, three astronauts were killed after their spacecraft
Caught fire during a launch simulation

10. Firsts in space
In 1959, the Soviet space program took another step forward with the launch of Luna 2, the first space probe to hit the moon
In February 1962, John Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth
On July 16, 1969, U.S. astronauts Neil armstrong, Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Michael collins set off on the Apollo 11 space mission, the first lunar landing attempt
 After landing successfully on July 20, Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon’s surface, with his famous words “one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind”

11. Conclusion of space race
By landing on the moon, the United States technically “won” the space race that had begun with the launch of Sputnik
 the Soviets made four failed attempts to launch a lunar landing craft between 1969 and 1972, including a launch-pad explosion in July 1969
 towards the end of the space race U.S. government’s interest in lunar missions waned after the early 1970s
In 1975, the Apollo-Soyuz mission sent U.S. astronauts into space that docked in orbit with a Soviet-made Soyuz vehicle.
When the commanders of the two crafts greeted each other, their handshake in space served to symbolize the gradual improvement of U.S.-Soviet relations in the late Cold War-era