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The USSR had tested an airborne H-bomb that was 100 times more powerful than their first attempts…
By 1955
The USSR was able to develop missile delivery systems for nuclear warheads…
From 1957
Eisenhower commissions the Gaither Report
November 1957
The USSR successfully test the first Intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM)
May 1957
Eisenhower negotiates an agreement with Britain at the Bermuda Conference that enables the USA to station IRBMs in Britain, manned by British personnel.
1957
Sputnik is launched
4th October 1957
Sputnik II is launched
November 1957
The US Navy’s vanguard rocket crashes on its take-off from Cape Canaveral (‘Flopnik’)
6th December 1957
The USSR’s Berlin Ultimatum is issued
27th November 1958
The US government authorises 1 billion dollars for technological development in space technology
September 1958
Eisenhower establishes NASA
1958
Krushchev becomes the USSR’s prime minister and supreme decision-maker
1958
The Western powers reject the USSR’s ultimatum about Berlin
31st December 1958
Only ten SS-6 ICBMs had been deployed by the USSR…
By 1959
The first satellite to successfully orbit the moon is launched.
October 1959
The USSR brings down a U-2 spy plane near Sverdlovsk
1st May 1960
The first manned satellite to orbit the earth is launched by the USSR and Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to enter outer space
12th Apri 1961
Construction of the Berlin Wall is started
August 1961
The USA had successfully launched 63 space missions compared to the USSR’s 15 missions…
By 1962
The US Discoverer satellite programme was providing long-range intelligence gathering photos from space
From August 1960