race to space

By Orlandog1

  • USA first launch-1958

    USA first launch-1958
    Explorer 1 was the United States' first satellite in space

  • First American in space

    First American in space
    Navy Commander Alan Bartlett Shepard Jr. is launched into space aboard 7 space capsule

  • First American orbits Earth

    First American orbits Earth
    Glenn flew the Friendship 7 mission and became the first American to orbit the Earth and the fifth person in space

  • 1965- Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars

    1965- Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars
    Mariner 4 was the fourth in a series of spacecraft used for planetary exploration in a flyby mode and represented the first successful flyby of the planet Mars, returning the first pictures of the martian surface
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    1969- Apollo 11 first manned moon landing

    the primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.

  • 1973- Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter

    1973- Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter
    After more than 30 years, it appears the venerable Pioneer 10 spacecraft has sent its last signal to Earth

  • 1975- U.S. and Soviet Union launch first joint space mission

    carrying cosmonauts Alexey Leonov and Valery Kubasov