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Emily McGinnis Space Race Timeline

By mcginemi
  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR

    The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika on November 3 1957
  • First satellite in space-USSR

    First satellite in space-USSR

    Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on January 31, 1958
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    Explorer 1 became the first successfully launched satellite by the United States when it was sent to space on January 31, 1958.
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    Congress passed the legislation and President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Act into law on July 29, 1958.
  • First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    On January 31, 1961 Ham became the first chimpanzee in space
  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    Gagarin was launched into orbit by a Vostok rocket and became the first man in space.
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    ,Alan B. Shepard became the first American in space during a suborbital flight aboard his Mercury capsule named Freedom 7.
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    "On May 25, 1961, President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade" (Google.com).
  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA

    Gagarin completed a single orbit around the Earth aboard his Vostok capsule. On May 5, 1961,
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    The first EVA was performed on March 18, 1965, by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov
  • Gemini 3

    Gemini 3

    Gemini 3 was the first crewed mission in NASA's Gemini program and was the first time two American astronauts flew together into space.
  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA

    The first American spacewalk was performed on June 3, 1965, by Ed White from the second crewed Gemini flight, Gemini IV, for 21 minutes
  • Gemini 5

    Gemini 5

    Gemini 5 was a 1965 crewed spaceflight in NASA's Project Gemini.
  • Gemini 6A

    Gemini 6A

    was a 1965 crewed United States spaceflight in NASA's Gemini program. The mission, flown by Wally Schirra and Thomas P.
  • Gemini 9 Crew

    Gemini 9 Crew

    Gemini 9 was to launch shortly thereafter but ground equipment failure resulted in a postponement until 3 June.
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    Apollo 7 was the first three-person American crew to launch to space. And it was the first crewed Apollo mission.
  • Apolo 1 crew

    Apolo 1 crew

    The mission never flew; a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal test at Cape Kennedy Air Force Station Launch Complex 34 on January 27 killed all three crew members
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit
  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9

    Fifty years ago, 10 days in space pushed human spaceflight forward with spectacular, groundbreaking testing. On March 3, 1969
  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10

    Apollo 10 launched from Cape Kennedy on May 18, 1969, into a nominal 115-mile circular Earth-parking orbit at an inclination of 32.5 degrees
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    became the first people to land on the Moon and walk the lunar surface.