Space Race By oSandoval Oct 4, 1957 1957- Soviet Union launches Sputnik Aug 24, 1958 1958- U.S. launches an artificial satellite (Explorer 1) Sep 14, 1959 1959- Luna 2 probe reaches the moon Apr 12, 1961 1961- First human orbits Earth (Yuri Gagarin) May 5, 1961 1961- First American in space (Alan Shepard) Aug 2, 1962 1962- First American orbits Earth, Mariner 2 flies past venus (John Glenn, Jr) Jun 16, 1963 1963- First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova Jul 14, 1965 1965- Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars Jul 20, 1969 1969- Apollo 11 first manned moon landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins) Aug 17, 1970 1970- Venera 7 lands on venus Apr 19, 1971 1971- First manned space station Mars 3 drops capsule on Mars Apr 5, 1973 1973- Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter Jul 15, 1975 1975- U.S. and Soviet Union launch first joint space mission
