US and S.U.

Arms and Space Race Timeline

US Arms Race

Drop the atom bomb on Heroshima

6/6/45

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Test H-Bomb

July 25 1946

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US has 359 A-bombs

1950

H Bomb

30 January 1950

Rocket Development

July 11 1957

S.U. Arms Race

First A-Bomb

Aug 29 1949

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S.U. has 5 A-bombs

1950

First Missile flight

Aug 27 1957

Test H- Bomb

Oct 30 1961

Cuban missile crisis

Oct 14 1962

US Space Race

Launch Explorer 1 (satellite)

Jan 31 1958

Weather Satelittle Launched

April 1 1960

Man orbits earth 3 times.

Feb 20 1962

Man orbits moon 6 TIMES!

Oct 3 1962

Man on the moon.

july 16 1969

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S.U. Space Race

Sputnik

october 4 1957

Sputnik 2

november 3 1957

Sputnik 3

May 15 1958

Send first man to orbit sun.

Jan 2 1959

First man to orbit earth 1 time.

April 12 1961