Arms and Space Race Timeline
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US Arms Race
Drop A-Bomb on Hiroshima
August 6, 1945
Truman Approves H-Bomb
Jan 30, 1950
H-Bomb Castle Bravo Test
March 1, 1954Us Missile Development
June 11, 1957Cuban Missile Crisis
Oct 14, 1962
Soviet Arms Race
First H-Bomb
August 1953First man in space
April 1961
Second H-Bomb
Oct 1961Non-Proliferation Treaty
July 1, 1968Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty
July 31, 1991Treaty of Moscow
June 1, 2003US Space Race
Explorer 1
Jan 31, 1958Explorer 2 (Failed)
March 5, 1958Vanguard Satellite
March 17, 1958NASA is formed
Oct 1, 1958Pioneer 1 is launched
Oct 11, 1958