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American V2 Rockets
In January 1946, Americans start experimenting with V2 Rockets. -
Russians Launch Test V2 Rockets
Some V2 rockets are tested at Kapustin, Yar -
Record Test
A rocket was launched to 244 miles high at 5510mp/h in an American Testing Site. It was a recordbreaker on February 24 1949. -
President Truman Signs a bill
On May 11, President Truman signed a bill for a 5,000 mile test range to extend. -
Production-Line Rocket
The first Nike Production Line rocket had a successful test flight. -
Unmanned Satellites
President Eisenhover approves plans to send unmanned satellites to orbit the earth. -
Sputnik-1
Sputnik-1 makes the first earth orbit. -
Luna
The U.S.S.R launches Luna which is the is the first probe to go near the moon. -
Yuri Gagarin
The U.S.S.R launch the first manned space flight. Yuri Gagarin stays in space for 60 minutes. -
First Woman in Space
Valentina Tereshkova-Nikolayeva becomes the first woman in space in a U.S.S.R spacecraft. -
First Space walk
Cosmonaut Leonov becomes the first human to walk in space. -
U.S.S.R on moon and Venus
The first soft moon landing is carried out by Luna 9. A russian probe lands on Venus. -
On the Moon
U.S astronaunts land on the moon in Apollo 11. -
NASA Skylab in Orbit
NASA put the 95,000kg Skylab into Earths orbit. Here, experiments are carried out for 85 days. -
Probe reaches comet.
NASA sends a probe which successfully lands on a comet. -
Probe on Uranus
The first probe to land on Uranus. -
Probe on Neptune
The NASA probe Voyager 2 reaches Neptune. -
Tourist In space
Russian Soyuz spacecraft takes the first tourist into space. Dennis Tito is taken to the National Space Station.
