Arms Race and Space Race Timeline by Ethan Woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv en-us 2021-04-12 16:33:39 UTC 2026-04-17 22:02:15 UTC hello@padlet.com Sputnik 1 is launched October 4, 1957 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408288199 This Event was one of the most important in the space race. it was the first thing sent into space by man. this was the achievement that pushed America to get things into space. without it, the space race would have never started.]]> 2021-04-12 16:38:28 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408288199 USSR detonates their first atomic bomb, August 29, 1949 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408320436 this event was important to the arms race, because it showed the U.S that it was not the only country that was able to build superweapons like that. it pushed America to try to make better weapons. it also made America more hostile toward the USSR.]]> 2021-04-12 16:44:11 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408320436 NASA is established by the U.S. Federal Government, Oct. 1, 1958 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408363039 this is an important event in the space race because it was when the US really started to care about getting things into space. it showed to other countries that we were studying it. it also helped the U.S be more organized with their studying]]> 2021-04-12 16:51:35 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408363039 The United States launches the first primates into space, May 28, 1959 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408384036 As part of Project mercury, Chimps were launched into space, and sent back. this was a big advancement. it helped the U.S to build ways for humans to survive in space. ]]> 2021-04-12 16:55:16 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408384036 First man put into space, April 12, 1961 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408412103 Yuri Gagarin, a soviet astronaut, is the first man to be put into space. this was one of the biggest steps of the space race. it showed the world that people can survive in space. knowing this fact pushed the U.S to try to get a man into space even faster. ]]> 2021-04-12 17:00:22 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408412103 the first humans set foot on the Moon, July 20, 1969 ethan_woolfenden https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408563711 The U.S got the first men on the moon, making them the unofficial winners of the space race. this is probably the most important event in the whole space race. ]]> 2021-04-12 17:27:46 UTC https://padlet.com/ethan_woolfenden/g28so7eq4gp9yqxv/wish/1408563711