1. USSR launches Sputnik 1 October 4, 1957 Origins of Space Exploration 1945-52 Explorer 1 is launched and NASA 1958 Luna 2 lands on moon 1959 First Woman in space 1963 First man to walk on the moon 1969 SOURCES

2.  Rockets/Missiles › Russia’s design › Carry bombs, satellites, and maybe people  1952 was named the International Geophysical Year  Russia's Sputnik 1 Click here

3.  Start of the Space Race (U.S vs. USSR)  First artificial satellite  Caught the U.S off guard › Struck fear of nuclear war into their heads › U.S starts more funding

4.  NASA › Created after the Sputnik launch › Goal: put humans into space  Launch Explorer 1 › First U.S satellite launched into space › Built in cosmic ray detector

5.  September 13, 1959 Luna 2 lands on the moon › Scattered emblems and ribbons on the moons surface representing USSR  Goal: › Take photos and samples  First unmanned probe to land on the moon

6.  Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova › Textile factory assembly person and amateur parachutist › “Hero of the Soviet Union” › Received the United Nations Gold Medal of Peace  Vostok 6 mission › Orbited earth 48 times

7.  Apollo 11 › Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Edwin E. Aldrin Jr.  July 20, 1969 › Neil Armstrong was the first man to step on the moon  Left a U.S flag in place of the accomplishment and a sign. Learn More

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