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Space Race

By mloper
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    Cold War

    Historians are unsure of the exact dates.
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    Space Race

  • Sputnik 1 lanched and orbits

    Sputnik 1 lanched and orbits
    USSR

  • Sputnik 2 lanched

    Sputnik 2 lanched
    USSR

  • Lanika is the first mammal in space

    Lanika is the first mammal in space
    USSR

  • First Solar Powered Satellite

    First Solar Powered Satellite
    USA

  • First communications satellite

    First communications satellite
    USA

  • First Weather Satellite

    First Weather Satellite
    USA

  • First spy satellite to carry a camera

    First spy satellite to carry a camera
    USA (failed to achieve orbit)

  • First photograph of Earth from orbit

    First photograph of Earth from orbit
    USA

  • First impact into another celestial body (Moon)

    First impact into another celestial body (Moon)
    USSR

  • First image of the far side of the moon

    First image of the far side of the moon
    USSR

  • First successful US spy satellite

    First successful US spy satellite
    USA (returned intelligence data)

  • First satellite recovered from space

    USA

  • Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space

    Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space
    USSR

  • First American in Space

    First American in Space
    Alan Shepard; USA; Freedom 7

  • First planetary flyby

    First planetary flyby
    Venus USSR

  • First woman in space

    First woman in space
    Valentina Tereshkova; USSR

  • First multi-person crew

    3; USSR

  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk
    USSR

  • First man on the Moon

    First man on the Moon
    USA; Neil Armstrong; Apollo 11