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Ella - space race timeline

By dunkeell

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    President Eisenhower signed the act creating NASA

  • Launch of Sputnik - first satellite for the USSR

    Launch of Sputnik - first satellite for the USSR
    Launched at 7:28 PM, Sputnik was the first artificial satellite to be launched into Earth's low elliptical orbit by the USSR.

  • Laika the dog

    Laika the dog
    The first animal to orbit the earth for the USSR on Sputnik 2

  • The Explorer 1

    The Explorer 1
    The first satellite in space for the US

  • First human in space - USSR

    First human in space - USSR
    First man in space for the USSR was Yuri Gagarin

  • First man in space - US

    First man in space - US
    The first man to be in space for the US was Alan Shepard

  • First man to orbit the earth

    First man to orbit the earth
    Astronaut John Glenn was the first man to orbit the earth for the US in the friendship 7

  • JFK's speech about the moon

    JFK's speech about the moon
    JFK commits to going to the moon and a few other advancements in his speech before the national space effort

  • First man to do an EVA - USSR

    First man to do an EVA - USSR
    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov Was the first man to leave his spacecraft in space for the USSR

  • Gemini lll

    Gemini lll
    First earth-orbiting crewed spacecraft in the Gemini missions

  • First man to do an EVA - US

    First man to do an EVA - US
    First man to safely leave his spacecraft in space for the US was ED White

  • Gemini IV

    Gemini IV
    Second crewed mission in the Gemini missions and contained the first US spacewalk

  • Gemini IX

    Gemini IX
    Was used as a trial run for the ATDA (Augmented Target Docking Adaptor) but it failed because of a preparation error

  • Gemini XII

    Gemini XII
    The final crewed Gemini mission that connected the Mercury and Apollo programs

  • Apollo I

    Apollo I
    The oxygen-rich atmosphere of the Apollo capsule caused a fire that broke out to spread fast losing two members of the crew to the flames

  • Apollo VII

    Apollo VII
    The first crewed mission in the Apollo program launched into Earths orbit

  • Apollo VIII

    Apollo VIII
    The first crewed Apollo mission to be within the Moons vicinity

  • Apollo IX

    Apollo IX
    The first flight of the full Apollo Spacecraft

  • Apollo X

    Apollo X
    Test run for tall the lunar landing mission components besides landing on the Moon

  • Apollo XI

    Apollo XI
    The first time landing on the moon for the US making Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin the first people on the Moon

  • Ham the Chimp

    Ham the Chimp
    The first monkey to perform tasks in space for the US