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1957

November 3rd, 1957

Laika, first animal in space

  • Sputnik 2 launched
  • Spent 162 says in orbit
  • Launched with dog named Laika
  • First being in space

Yuri Gagarin

April 12th, 1961

First man in space

  • Yuri Gagarin
  • Russian
  • Launched into orbit from Vostok 3KA-3
  • Orbit around earth lasted 108 minutes

Tsar Bomba

October 30th, 1961

Biggest bomb ever detonated

  • Soviets test the Tsar Bomba
  • Hydrogen bomb of 50 megatons
  • 1,570 times more powerful than bombs dropped on Hiroshima and Nagasaki

"First Lightning"

1962

October 1962

1949

First Soviet Test

  • August 29th, 1949
  • "First Lightning"
  • 20 kilotons, equal to Trinity
  • Klaus Fuchs
  • US began hydrogen bomb research

Aerial photos taken of Cuban missile base

  • Soviet missile build up in Cuba
  • when tensions were highest in Cold War
  • Created blockade to stop additional weapons and to send back weapons there already

1945

First civilian bombings

Atomic Bombing of Japan

  • August 6th, Hiroshima
  • Uranium gun-type, "Little Boy
  • August 9th, Nagasaki
  • Plutonium implosion-type, "Fat Man
  • Killed 129,000 civilians
  • First and only use of nuclear weapons in warfare

Hiroshima Nagasaki

Nuclear Arms Race Timeline

1963

August 5th, 1963

"Gadget", 1945

1945

First successful test

  • Jornada Del Muerto Desert
  • "Trinity Site"
  • First atomic bomb, "Gadget"
  • Tested on July 16th, 1945
  • Started atomic age

JFK signs treaty

  • Limited test Ban Treaty
  • Signed at Moscow on August 5th, 1963
  • Enforced October 10th, 1963
  • Didn't not allow tests in atmosphere, in space or underwater
  • Wanted to limit radiation and its damage to the environment

1968

Llewellyn E. Thompson signs treaty

1964

  • NPT signed (Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty)
  • Pledged cooperation to stemming the spread of nuclear technology

October 1957

October 16th, 1964

Chinese celebrate success of first test

  • Joined atom bomb club with successful test
  • Had been researching into one since 1950's
  • October 4th, 1957
  • Soviet Union launches first artificial satellite
  • Named "Sputnik"
  • Circled Earth once every 96 minutes

July 20th, 1969

  • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin piloted Apollo 11 to the Moon
  • First humans and Americans on the Moon

Castle Bravo Mushroom Cloud

1954

Castle Bravo

  • March 1st, 1954
  • First US dry fuel hydrogen bomb
  • 15 megatons
  • Marshall Islands
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