1. The Great Space Race By: Kaitlyn Stuart

4. The Cause The United States and the Soviet Union were rivals during the Cold War. Space technology became an important thing during this war. Space technology could spy on the enemy or drop atomic bombs on the rival country. This technology was also important for demonstrating the superiority of the ideology of that country. The Germans were able to build V-2 Rockets in 1942 during the war. These rockets were only used as a warhead at this time. As the war ended the Soviet Union and the United States used these rockets as building blocks for the development of rocketry for outer space.

5. What was it? The Space Race was a competition between the United States and The Soviet Union. This competition involved exploring outer space with artificial satellites and eventually landing people on the moon. Soviet union United States

9. The location of the launch of the first satellite, Sputnik 1 , is located in the Republic of Kazakhstan which is approximately 1,300 miles from Moscow, Russia. MAP

11. Yuri Gagarin flew into orbit aboard the Soviet spacecraft Vostok I on April 12, 1961, becoming the first man in space. He circled the Earth once before coming back for a safe landing in the Soviet Union roughly 90 minutes later. The 1961 flight made him an international hero; he was awarded the Order of Lenin and made a deputy of the Soviet parliament, the Supreme Soviet. The flight was also considered a political victory for the Soviet Union. Yuri Gagarin

12. Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova was launched into space aboard the Vostok 6 on June 16, 1963, becoming the first woman to visit outer space. She spent three days in space before coming back to Earth. The flight made Tereshkova a national hero and she was awarded the high honor of the Order of Lenin. Her flight was considered a scientific coup for the Soviet Union. Valentina Tereshkova

13. John Glenn Jr. John Glenn, Jr. circled Earth on the Mercury 6 space mission in 1962, which made him the first American to make a complete circle around the earth. He became one of America's original seven Mercury astronauts and orbited Earth three times on February 20, 1962 in the capsule Friendship 7 .

15. This is a picture of the moon taken by the Apollo 8, the first space craft to orbit the moon. Primary Source