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Jagger's Space Race Timeline

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  • First Satellite In Space By USSR

    First Satellite In Space By USSR

  • First animal in space to orbit Earth for USSR

    First animal in space to orbit Earth for USSR

  • Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite

    Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

  • Ham The Chimp, First in Space

    Ham The Chimp, First in Space

  • First Man in Space, Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

    First Man in Space, Yuri Gagarin (USSR)

  • First Man in Space By USA, Allan Shepard

    First Man in Space By USA, Allan Shepard

  • First man to orbit Earth by USA, John H. Glenn

    First man to orbit Earth by USA, John H. Glenn

  • JFK's Moon Commitment Speech

    JFK's Moon Commitment Speech

  • Gemini 3, The First Crewed Flight

    Gemini 3, The First Crewed Flight

  • Death of Original Gemini 9 crew

    Death of Original Gemini 9 crew
    Elliot M. see Jr. and Charles A. Bassett passed in a plane crash on the way to inspect their Spacecraft in Missouri

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR, Alexei Leonov

    First man to do an EVA by USSR, Alexei Leonov

  • Gemini 4, The First US Spacewalk

    Gemini 4, The First US Spacewalk

  • First man to do an EVA by USA, Ed White

    First man to do an EVA by USA, Ed White

  • Gemini 8, The First docking Between two Orbiting Spacecraft

    Gemini 8, The First docking Between two Orbiting Spacecraft

  • Death of Apollo 1 crew

    Death of Apollo 1 crew
    Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee passed in a fire during a launch test rehearsal.

  • Apollo 7, First Crewed Flight in Apollo Program

    Apollo 7, First Crewed Flight in Apollo Program
    Walter Schirra, Don Eisele and Walter Cunningham

  • Apollo 8, First Crewed Spacecraft to orbit the Moon

    Apollo 8, First Crewed Spacecraft to orbit the Moon
    Frank Borman, Jim Lovell and Bill Anders was the first crew to leave Earth's gravitational pull and orbit the Moon.

  • Apollo 9, Third Human Spaceflight for NASA

    Apollo 9, Third Human Spaceflight for NASA
    James McDivitt, David Scott and Russell Schweickart

  • Apollo 10, Second to Orbit the Moon

    Apollo 10, Second to Orbit the Moon
    Thomas Stafford, John Young and Eugene Cernan orbited the moon a second time as a rehearsal for the first moon landing.

  • Apollo 11, First Moon Landing

    Apollo 11, First Moon Landing
    Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin were the first men to step foot on the moon.