Red Atom: When the Soviets created the first working atomic bomb

1942: Fearing Nazi Germany's advancements, the Soviet Union prioritizes its atomic bomb project, codenamed "Project Kurchatov," named after physicist Igor Kurchatov.
1944: Soviet scientists, led by Andrei Sakharov, successfully conduct the first controlled nuclear chain reaction, marking a crucial milestone in their atomic bomb development.
1948: The Soviet Union conducts a successful test of its first atomic bomb in a remote location, shocking the world and altering the course of history. Dewey wins US election.
1949: The Soviet Union maintains a nuclear monopoly, using its atomic capabilities as a diplomatic and military tool during post-war negotiations. First atomic bomb dropped by Soviets against Taipei to aid the CCP's takeover of China.
1950: US explodes its first atomic bombs. More funding being diverted to science programs.
1953: Edward Teller's Super project causes US to win the race to make the first hydrogen bomb.
1954: US launched the first man in space which was then followed by a satellite.
1967: US launched the first space stations.
1969: US landed the first humans on the Moon.