Arms and Space Race Timeline

US Arms Race

Trinity Test

July 16, 1945

This started the whole arms race http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/e/ee/Trinity_Test_Fireball_53ms.jpg

America's Test Baker

July 25, 1946

Underwater Explosion
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H-Bomb Development

January 30, 1950

Truman approves the H-bomb development
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H-Bomb Test

November 1, 1952

Tests the H-Bomb
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US Atlas Missile

June 11, 1957

Could travel 6,000 miles, and could hit an accurate target
http://www.atlasmissilesilo.com/Photos/atlasf_silo_lift2.jpg

Soviet Union Arms Race

Atomic Bomb Test

August 29, 1949

There first test of the atomic bomb
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H-Bomb

August 12, 1953

Successful H-Bomb
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Tsar Bomba

October 30, 1961

Hydrogen Bomb
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Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty

1968

They were prohibited from anything dealing with nuclear weapons
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Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty

1972

This was to limit the anti-ballistic missile
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US Space Race

Explorer 1

January 31, 1958

The first American satellite to reach orbit
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Explorer 2

March 5, 1958

Failed to make orbit
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Pioneer 4

March 3, 1959

It passed within 37,000 miles of the Moon before falling into orbit
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Tiros 1

April 1, 1960

The first successful weather satellite
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Discoverer XIV

August 18, 1960

Its first camera equipped spy satellite
http://static.thisdayinaviation.com/wp-content/uploads/tdia//2012/08/Fairchild-C-119J-51-8037-Discoverer-XIV-satellite-recovery-aircraft-1024x680.jpg

Soviet Union Space Race

Sputnik 1

October 4, 1957

Launches Sputnik 1
http://www.nasa.gov/images/content/201353main_rs_image_feature_924_946x710.jpg

Sputnik 2

November 3, 1957

Launches Sputnik 2 with a small dog in it
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Sputnik 3

May 15, 1958

Launched Sputnik 3
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Luna 1

January 2, 1959

The first man made object to orbit the sun
http://www.exchange3d.com/images/uploads/aff1308/P0359/Luna1_1_400x400.jpg

Venus 3

November 16, 1965

It becomes the first man made object to impact Venus
http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/a/a1/Venera_9_lander.jpg