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Kylee's Space Race Timeline

By kyleehaury

  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA
    Fruit flies were the first animal sent into space by the U.S. after they got on board a U.S. launched V-2 rocket.

  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR
    the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    USSR sent dog named Laika into space

  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA
    Explorer 1 was the first successful U.S. satellite to be sent into space.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    NASA was created

  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR
    Soviet pilot Yuri 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 Shepard was the first U.S. man in space during a suborbital flight in his Mercury capsule, "Freedom 7"; and was fifth to walk on the moon.

  • First man to orbit Earth by USSR

    First man to orbit Earth by USSR
    First man in space, soviet astronaut, Yuri Gagarin was also the first man to orbit Earth.

  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
    JFK gives speech saying we were going to get to the moon.

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR
    The first EVA was performed by soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

  • First crewed flight

    First crewed flight
    The astronauts of Gemini 3, Gus Grissom and John Young were the first crewed mission in NASA's Gemini program and it 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 EVA was performed by Ed White during project a Gemini mission

  • First onboard computer

    First onboard computer
    Project Gemini was the first with an on board computer, as previous missions were controlled by computers on Earth

  • Gemini 9 tragedy

    Gemini 9 tragedy
    The original crew of Gemini 9, Elliot See and Charles Bassett were killed in a plane crash while flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St.

  • First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini 8)

    First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini 8)
    Neil Armstrong and David Scott were the first astronauts to dock with an uncrewed spacecraft.

  • Apollo 1 tragedy

    Apollo 1 tragedy
    During preparations for the first manned mission of the Apollo space program, a flash fire broke out in the command module of Apollo 204 during a simulated launch at Cape Canaveral Air Force Station in Florida, killing astronauts Gus Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffee of asphyxiation

  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7
    The first manned Apollo flight, carrying Walter Schirra Jr., Donn Eisele, and Walter Cunningham

  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    Apollo 8 was the first crewed spacecraft to leave low Earth orbit and consisted of Frank Borman II, James Lovell Jr., and William Anders

  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9
    Apollo 9 was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft: the command and service module with the Lunar Module. The crew was James McDivitt, David Scott, and Russell Schweickhart

  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10
    The Apollo 10 crew consisted of Thomas Stafford, John Young, and Eugene Cernan. It was the first flight of a complete, crewed Apollo spacecraft to operate around the Moon

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    The Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the moon. The crew was made up of Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin Jr.