Preceden

US and SU

US Arms Race

Atom bomb

1945

Created by Manhattan Project http://www.historytoday.com/sites/default/files/477px-Castle_Romeo.jpg

Hydrogen Bomb

1952

U.S. gets hydrogen bomb before the S.U. http://www.jim3dlong.com/bravo_hydrogen_bomb_15_megaton-wr.jpeg

USA Test ICBMs

1958

http://www.lockheedmartin.com/content/lockheed/us/products/intercontinental-ballistic-missile--icbm-/_jcr_content/product_image.img.jpg/1326905977237.jpg

USA launches submarine loaded with nuclear weapons

1959

http://antinuclearinfo.files.wordpress.com/2012/03/submarine-nuclear-underwat.gif

Production of about 8,000 ICBMs

1968

By the end of the 60s the U.S. had about 8,000 ICBMs to use against the S.U. http://wpcontent.answcdn.com/wikipedia/commons/thumb/4/40/Peacekeeper_missile_after_silo_launch.jpg/220px-Peacekeeper_missile_after_silo_launch.jpg

SU Arms Race

Atom bomb

1949

SU gets atom bomb later than U.S. http://www.dharmakshetra.com/articles/atom-bomb.jpg

Hydrogen Bomb

1955

S.U. gets hydrogen bomb after U.S. http://www.atomicarchive.com/History/coldwar/images/H51s.jpg

USSR test Intercontinental Ballistic Missile

1957

http://www.universetoday.com/wp-content/uploads/2010/12/Test-launch-of-a-LGM-25C-Titan-II-ICBM.jpg

USSR builds Anti-Ballistic Missile

1966

http://newseurope.me/newseurope/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/19.jpg

Production of about 7,000 ICBMs

1968

By the end of the 60s the S.U. had about 7,000 ICBMs to use against the U.S.
http://images.defensetech.org/wp-content/uploads//2010/04/Trident-II-ICBM.jpg

US Space Race

First orbital solar observatory

March 7, 1962 - March 8, 1962

OSO-1-NASA http://cass.ucsd.edu/heag/images/OSO-1.jpg

14-day human spaceflight record

December 18, 1965 - December 19, 1965

Gemini 7-NASA http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/gemini_7.jpg

First spacecraft docking

March 16, 1966 - March 17, 1966

Gemini 8 / ATV-NASA was the name of the ship.
http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/gemini_atv_8.jpg

First X-ray orbital observatory

December 12, 1970 - December 13, 1970

Uhuru (satellite)-NASA was the name of the X-Ray orbital observatory http://s3.amazonaws.com/kidzworld_photo/images/2010414/69e1fe7f-897a-4565-b1d6-3cc761332fc5/gallery_hole2.jpg

First Jupiter flyby

December 3, 1973 - December 4, 1973

Pioneer 10-NASA was ship used for this mission.
http://solarsystem.nasa.gov/images/pioneer10.jpg

SU Space Race

First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

August 21, 1957

R-7 Semyorka http://data-freeway.com/plesetsk/images/Plesetsk/SputnikRocket.jpg

First animal in orbit

November 3, 1957

Sputnik 2 was ship and the dog's name was Laika.
http://www.russianspaceweb.com/images/spacecraft/science/sputnik/sputnik2_laika_2.jpg

First rocket engine restart in Earth orbit First lunar spacecraft

January 2, 1959

Luna 1 http://www.exchange3d.com/images/uploads/aff1308/P0359/Luna1_1_400x400.jpg

First impact into another celestial body (Moon)

September 14, 1959

Luna 2 on the moon http://api.ning.com/files/hQ6GA3lUge-YoffQ*j85xpuvJaa3UH257Hy1hYlIj5h42vgCBIwlSQFmJwSd6rwGtxYAABi5-FDwq5A2SeTf1TwSbuxHeayg/luna2preimpactb.jpg?width=727&height=600

First planetary flyby (Venus)

May 19, 1961

Venera 1 http://weebau.com/satpics/V/venera1a.jpg