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Arms and Space race timeline C.W

US Space Race

Dropped A bomb on Hiroshima

August 6, 1945

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expolorer 2 is launched but fails to orbit

1958

John F Kennedy is elected president

november 8 1960

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John glenn orbits the earth 3 tiems

feb 20 1962

NASA selects its 2nd group of astronauts

sept 17 1962

US Arms Race

Truman approves H bomb

january 30 1950

V2 Rocket

July 24 1950

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H-bomb castle bravo test

march 1 1954

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Us atlas missle development

june 11 1954

cuban missle crisis

oct 14 1962

Soviet Union Space Race

sputnik 3 is launched

may 15 1958

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lunar 1 is launched first man made satellite to orbit the earth

jan 2 1959

Luna 2 is launched impacting on the moon

sept 12 1959

luna 3 translunnar satellite

oct 4 1959

first space walk is made

march 18 1965

Soviets Arms Race

detonates their first atomic bomb

1949

russians produce h bomb

1953

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first icbm missile launched

1957

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detontate tsar bomb

1961

develops defensive ABM system

1968