1. The Space Race

2. SPUTNIK 1
SPUTNIK 1 WAS THE FIRST ARTIFICIAL EARTH SATELLITE. THE SOVIET UNION LAUNCHED IT INTO AN ELLIPTICAL LOW
EARTH ORBIT ON 4 OCTOBER 1957.

3. SPUTNIK 2
SPUTNIK 2 WAS THE SECOND SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED INTO EARTH ORBIT, ON NOVEMBER 3, 1957, AND THE FIRST TO
CARRY A LIVING ANIMAL, A DOG NAMED LAIKA.

4. NASA – EISENHOWER
34TH PRESIDENT OF THE UNITED STATES FROM 1953 UNTIL 1961
WHEN THE SOVIETS LAUNCHED SPUTNIK IN 1957 HE HAD TO PLAY CATCHUP IN THE SPACE RACE.

5. NASA – EXPLORER 1
EXPLORER 1 (1958 ALPHA 1)[5] WAS THE FIRST EARTH SATELLITE OF THE UNITED STATES. EXPLORER 1 WAS LAUNCHED ON
JANUARY 31, 1958 AT 22:48 EASTERN TIME

6. LUNA 2
LUNA 2 (E-1A SERIES) WAS THE SECOND OF THE SOVIET UNION'S LUNA PROGRAMME SPACECRAFT LAUNCHED TO THE
MOON. IT WAS THE FIRST SPACECRAFT TO REACH THE SURFACE OF THE MOON.

7. YURI GAGARIN
YURI ALEKSEYEVICH WAS A SOVIET PILOT AND COSMONAUT. HE WAS THE FIRST HUMAN TO JOURNEY INTO OUTER SPACE,
WHEN HIS VOSTOK SPACECRAFT COMPLETED AN ORBIT OF THE EARTH ON 12 APRIL 1961.

8. ALAN SHEPARD
AMERICAN NAVAL AVIATOR, TEST PILOT, FLAG OFFICER, NASA ASTRONAUT, AND BUSINESSMAN, WHO IN 1961 BECAME THE
SECOND PERSON, AND THE FIRST AMERICAN, TO TRAVEL INTO SPACE.

9. MERCURY 1959-1965 JOHN GLENN
MA-6 WAS THE SUCCESSFUL FIRST ATTEMPT BY NASA TO PLACE AN ASTRONAUT INTO ORBIT. THE MA-6 MISSION WAS
LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 20, 1962

10. MERCURY 1959-1965 JOHN GLENN
MA-6 WAS THE SUCCESSFUL FIRST ATTEMPT BY NASA TO PLACE AN ASTRONAUT INTO ORBIT. THE MA-6 MISSION WAS
LAUNCHED FEBRUARY 20, 1962