History - Space Race Timeline

“We choose to go the Moon, Not because it is easy, But because it is hard”.

1962

JFK

‘I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human….”.

• “I think we’re going to the moon because it’s in the nature of the human being to face challenges.” – Neil Armstrong.

Operation Paperclip

1945

1,600 Scientists

Werner Von Braun

What was the Significance of Operation Paperclip?

NAZI’s had the best technology.

Helping bring the scientists back to the USA and USSR helped spread the technology.

Hugely Influenced the Space Race.

V2 Rocket German

1944

Launched towards London killing 16,000 people.

Showed the influence of Rockets in War.

What was the Space Race?

1957 - 1969

A Period of Tension and Competition between the USA and USSR for dominance on the global stage in Technology and Space Exploration.

Dog In Space, Laika

1957

First dog in Space, Laika

Belka and Strelka

1960

First Dogs to be sent into space and return safely.

Sputnik 1

1957

October

What was America’s Reaction to Soviet Success?

Shocked that the US Perception of the USSR was wrong,

Felt Inferior Technological Wise

NASA founding

1958

Formed by Eisenhower Administration

Given the Role of Increasing the Prominence of America’s Space Effort.

NASA budget

5 Billion

Explorer 1

1958

JFK Announces USA will go to the Moon

May 25th 1961

“Before this decade is out, of landing a man on the moon and returning him safely to the Earth”.

Yuri Gagarin

April 12th 1961

First Man into Space (Cosmonaut)

Vostok 1 Rocket

Valentina Terashkova

1963

First Woman to Go into Space

Alexei Leonov

1965

First person to do a Moonwalk

Mercury Project

1958-1963

Aimed to Send a Human into Orbit and return Safely.

Gemini Project

1961-1966

Aimed to prepare and Test for Moon Landing.

SATURN V Rocket Facts

30,000 Tonnes

12 Million working parts

110 Meters tall

Apollo 11 Spacecraft Modules

Lunar Module

Command Module

Service Module

Apollo 11 Launch

1969

16th of July

9:32 AM

Florida

750,000 Watched The Launch

Apollo 11 Journey

750,000 Watched the Launch

Travelled 384,000 KM to the Moon

Apollo 11 Landing

20th of July 1969

“One small step for man a giant leap for mankind”

Apollo 11 Return To Earth

Heat Shield Protected the Astronauts

Landed in Pacific Ocean

Picked up by USS Hornet

Quarantined for 21 Days

‘For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on…..’

• ‘For one priceless moment in the whole history of man, all the people on this Earth are truly one.’ - Richard Nixon