Arms & Space Race

United States Space Race

First American Satellite Launched

1958

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/7/73/Explorer1.jpg

Monkey Launched Into Space

1958

http://www.thinksciencenow.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/01/Ham-the-Chimp.jpg

NASA is formed

1958

http://www.blogcdn.com/www.engadget.com/media/2012/07/nasa-1.jpg

US launches Little Joe ll

1959

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/f/f1/Apollo-_Little_Joe_II_Liftoff_%28December_8%2C_1964%29_-_cropped.jpg

First Man On The Moon

1969

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United States Arms Race

US joins naval arms race

1890

http://bluejacket.com/usn/images/sp/lm/monitor9_florida.jpg

V-2 Rockets

1944

http://www.cosmos4kids.com/misc/photos/v21.jpg

Dropped the Atomic bomb on Heroshema

August 6 1945

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/f/f9/Boeing_B-29A-45-BN_Superfortress_44-61784_6_BG_24_BS_-_Incendiary_Journey.jpg/220px-Boeing_B-29A-45-BN_Superfortress_44-61784_6_BG_24_BS_-_Incendiary_Journey.jpg

US Tests Hydrogen Bomb

1950

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Harry Truman Resigns

1952

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/thumb/9/92/Harry-truman.jpg/220px-Harry-truman.jpg

Soviet Union Arms Race

Stalin Dies

1953

http://www.rugusavay.com/wp-content/uploads/2012/11/Joseph-Stalin-Quotes-4.jpg

USSR Tests H Bomb

1953

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Malenkov Takes leadership of USSR

1954

http://www.dondubois.info/we_did_not_start_the_fire/_Media/192px_georgy_malenkov.jpg

USSR Tests First Tsar Bomb

1961

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USSR invades Afganistan

1976

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Soviet Union Space Race

Luna ll Launched

1952

http://nssdc.gsfc.nasa.gov/planetary/image/luna_2.jpg

First Animal Launched Into Space

1957

http://i.space.com/images/i/000/021/547/i02/laika.jpg?1347473714

Sputnik Launch

October 4, 1957

http://www.interestingfacts.org/facts-images/sputnik_1.jpg

First Human Launch

1960

http://upload.wikimedia.org/wikipedia/commons/c/cc/Gagarin_in_Sweden.jpg

USSR launches First woman into space

1962

http://www.rocketcityspacepioneers.com/img/first-woman-in-space-valentina-tereshkova-stamp.jpg