Race For Space Timeline

							Your Task: Watch the video on Secrets of the Soviet Space Program and follow along
using the timeline. Fill in the empty spaces and dates where appropriate. Don’t forget to
answer the reflection questions at the end.
              Events / People                           Dates (Months/ Years)

V2 missile program – Started by the
Germans --- Scientists were taken or
recruited by both the U.S. and the USSR.


___ ______________was named head of
the Soviet Rocket program and later head                         1950
of the space program. Was originally sent
to the Gulag for his outlandish ideas about
space travel.
The Soviet tests of the R7 Rocket are a
success in what year?


The Launch of______________________                     October 4th, _________
signified a technology gap between the US
and the Soviet Union

__________________________Carring a
dog named Laika which means                               November 4th 1957

________________________ in Russian.

US Navy attempt to put a satellite into
space fails with the Vanguard 1 disaster.

US Army succeeds in the 1st American
satellite into space called…                                January / 1958

Eisenhower unites all US military rocket
programs under one organization and calls
it…
Yuri Gagarin becomes first human to orbit
Earth. (actually used an ejection seat)


______________________________                               5 May---1961
 becomes first American in space,
completes 15-minute sub orbital hop.
US president J.F. Kennedy announces
project to land human on Moon by the end        May 25th, 1961
of the….
John Glenn is the first American to…

                                               February / 1962

Who is Valentina Vladimirovna
Tereshkova?

                                                June 16th, 1963

The American Gemini program logs more        Between what years…
than 1,000 hours of space time. What does
this signify?



1st human space walk was also won by the
Soviets.

_______________________                           Early 1968
This event is a devastating blow to the
Soviet Space program which creates a
leadership gap in their program.
Fire breaks out in Apollo capsule, killing
three astronauts. Setting the program back
almost a year.
Soluz 4 and 5 Dock in Space

The Soviet Rocket the N1 disaster explodes
70 seconds into its test fight.

Americans are the first to land two humans
on the Moon.

Solyut 1 was the 1st Soviet……
                                                 April / 1970

                                                July, 17th, 1975




The US Space Shuttle Program’ first
successful flight.
Side 3

Soviet copy of the shuttle Columbia was
called the _____________ and was
launched only once. It now can be found
in a

3rd Soviet space station Mir was launched


The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster

Construction of the International Space
Station. Joint venture of Russian and
American programs.
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster



Reflection:
Part A—Timeline and video reflection.
1. Through most of the first twenty years of the space race which super power was
   winning? Why? Explain your answer.




2. What events changed this course of domination by the Soviets?




Part II Answer the following on back or in your notebook.:
Use this link of invention spin-offs to answer the next question---
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spinoffs2.htm

1. Name six inventions that came directly from the space program.


2. Now that the Cold War is over, should the Space Program continue? Why?
Your Task: Watch the video on Secrets of the Soviet Space Program and follow along
using the timeline. Fill in the empty spaces and dates where appropriate. Don’t forget to
answer the reflection questions at the end.
              Events / People                           Dates (Months/ Years)

V2 missile program – Started by the                      End of World War II
Germans --- Scientists were taken or
recruited by both the U.S. and the USSR.


___Surgi Korolev's______________was
named head of the Soviet Rocket program                          1950
and later head of the space program. Was
originally sent to the Gulag for his
outlandish ideas about space travel.
The Soviet tests of the R7 Rocket are a
success in what year?                                            1957

                      Sputnik
The Launch of______________________                       October 4th, 1957
signified a technology gap between the US
and the Soviet Union
Sputnik 2
Carring a dog named Laika which means
_________Barker_____________in                            November 4th 1957
Russian.

US Navy attempt to put a satellite into
space fails with the Vanguard 1 disaster.                 December 6th 1957

US Army succeeds in the 1st American
satellite into space called… Explorer 1                     January / 1958

Eisenhower unites all US military rocket
programs under one organization and calls                   January / 1958
it…        NASA
Yuri Gagarin becomes first human to orbit
Earth. (actually used an ejection seat)                     1961, 12 April

Alan Shepard
______________________________                               5 May---1961
 becomes first American in space,
completes 15-minute suborbital hop.
US president J.F. Kennedy announces             May 25th, 1961
project to land human on Moon by the end
of the…. Decade
John Glenn is the first American to…

Orbit the globe                                 February / 1962

Who is Valentina Vladimirovna
Tereshkova?

The first Woman in space logs more hours        June 16th, 1963
than all American Astronauts combined.
The American Gemini program logs more        Between what years…
than 1,000 hours of space time. What does
this signify?                                      1965-67

The US program has caught up to the
Soviets
1st human space walk was also won by the       March 18th, 1965
Soviets.
Korolev dies
This event is a devastating blow to the           Early 1968
Soviet Space program which creates a
leadership gap in their program.
Fire breaks out in Apollo capsule, killing
three astronauts. Setting the program back    January 27th, 1967
almost a year.
Soluz 4 and 5 Dock in Space                    January 1st, 1969

The Soviet Rocket the N1 disaster explodes
70 seconds into its test fight.               February, 21st, 1969

Americans are the first to land two humans
on the Moon.                                    July 20th, 1969

Solyut 1 was the 1st Soviet……
                                                 April / 1970

                                                July, 17th, 1975




The US Space Shuttle Program’ first             April 20th, 1981
successful flight.
Side 3

Soviet copy of the shuttle Columbia was
called the Buron______ and was launched                              1988
only once. It now can be found in a

3rd Soviet space station Mir was launched
                                                           February 20th, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger Disaster
                                                                     1986
Construction of the International Space
Station. Joint venture of Russian and                                1998
American programs.
Space Shuttle Columbia Disaster
                                                            February 1st, 2003


Reflection:
Part A—Timeline and video reflection.
1. Through most of the first twenty years of the space race which super power was
   winning? Why? Explain your answer.




2. What events changed this course of domination by the Soviets?




Part II Answer the following on back or in your notebook.:
Use this link of invention spinoffs to answer the next question---
http://spaceplace.nasa.gov/spinoffs2.htm

1. Name six inventions that came directly from the space program.


2. Now that the Cold War is over, should the Space Program continue? Why?