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Launching of Sputnik I
USSR launches Sputnik 1. was the first artificial satellite to be put into Earth's orbit. It was launched into an elliptical low Earth orbit by the Soviet Union, and was the first in a series of satellites collectively known as the Sputnik program. -
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Space Race Timeline
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Explorer 1
Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. -
Vanguard 1 Satilliete
The Vanguard 1 satellite is launched. It continues to function for 3 years.was the fourth artificial Earth satellite launched and the first satellite to be solar powered.Although communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest manmade satellite still in orbit. It was designed to test the launch capabilities of a three-stage launch vehicle as a part of Project Vanguard, and the effects of the environment on a satellite and its systems in Earth orbit. -
National Aeronautics
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration [NASA] is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics [NACA]. -
Pioneer 1
The first spacecraft launched by NASA, the newly formed space agency of the United States. The flight was the second and most successful of the three Thor-Able space probes. -
Luna 1
launched by the USSR. It is the first man made object to orbit the Sun.It was the first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon and the first of the Luna program of Soviet automatic interplanetary stations successfully launched in the direction of the Moon. -
Pioneer 4
Pioneer 4 is launched on a Earth-Moon trajectory. It passed within 37,000 miles of the Moon before falling into a solar orbit. -
First Man In Space
Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space. -
First American In Space
Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space. -
America's First Walk In Space
On the Gemini 4 capsule was the first American man to float outside the space craft. Ed White had only spent three minutes in space when the fuel ran out and he had to go back inside the capsule. -
Luna 10 Orbits The Moon
Luna 10 was launched to the moon on March 31, 1966 from the Soviet Union. It was planned that Luna 10 would orbit the moon. On April 4, 1966 Luna 10 had compleated the first orbit around the mooon -
Man Landing On The Moon (:
On July, 1969, Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were the first men to land on the moon. They were passangers from the American Apollo 11. The space craft spend 21 hours and 31 minutes on the moon. -
Apollo 13
Appolo 13 was planned to land on the moon. The space craft was launched successfully toward the moon, but before landing the oxygen tank exploded. This caused for the ship the landing on the moon. -
Mariner 9
Mariner 9 helped out NASA on the exploration of Mars. America Launched it on May 30, 1971 and reached mars on November 13, 1971. This became the first space craft to orbit another planet -
Apollo 17's return from the moon
Apollo 17 was the sixth Apollo lunar landing, the first night launch of a U.S. human spaceflight and the final manned launch of a Saturn V booster. It was a "J-type mission", missions including three-day lunar surface stays, extended scientific capability, and the Lunar Roving Vehicle. While Evans remained in lunar orbit above in the Command/Service Module.
