EXPLORING THE MOON Flashcards
WHEN DID THE SOVIET ROCKET LAUNCHED SPUTNIK 1
OCT 4, 1957
WORLD’S FIRST ARTIFICIAL SATELLITE
SPUTNIK 1
MARKED THE BEGINNING OF THE SPACE AGE
SPUTNIK 1
LAUNCHED A SPACE DOG NAMED LAIKA
SPUTNIK 2
FIRST DOG IN SPACE
LAIKA :,(
WHEN DID THE U.S SUCCESSFULLY LAUNCHED THE FIRST SPACECRAFT
JAN 31, 1958
FIRST SPACECRAFT
EXPLORER 1
SMALL SCIENTIFIC PAYLOAD
EXPLORER 1
DISCOVERED THE MAGNETIC RADIATION BELTS AROUND EARTH
EXPLORER 1
THE MAGNETIC RADIATION BELTS NAMED AFTER JAMES VAL ALLEN
VAN ALLEN RADIATION BELTS
JULY 1958
U.S CONGRESS SUCCESSFULLY PASSED THE NATIONAL AERONAUTICS AND SPACE ACT
CHANGED THE NATIONAL ADVISORY COMMITTEE FOR AERONAUTICS (NACA) TO NASA
OCT 1, 1958
THE USSR LAUNCHED THE _
LUNAR FLYBY LUNA 1
FIRST SPACECRAFT TO REACH THE VICINITY OF THE MOON AND FIRST TO LEAVE EARTH’S GRAVITY
LUNA 1
FIRST SPACECRAFT TO HIT THE SURFACE OF THE MOON
LUNA 2
FIRST HUMAN MADE OBJECT TO REACH THE MOON
LUNA 2
CIRCLED THE MOON AND RECORDED THE FIRST IMAGES OF FACING AWAY FROM EART
LUNA 3