space race

sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

the first human-made objects in space, was made by the soviet union https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_924.html

laika the space dog

Nov 3, 1957

not the first animal in space but the first animal sent into orbit by the soviet union https://www.space.com/17764-laika-first-animals-in-space.html

explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

the first satellite sent into orbit by the USA https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/explorer/explorer-overview.html

yuri gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

the first person to ever orbit the earth in space, from the soviet union https://www.space.com/16159-first-man-in-space.html

alan shephard

May 5, 1961

the first american in space on a mercury spacecraft he named freedom 7 https://www.nasa.gov/audience/forstudents/k-4/stories/nasa-knows/who-was-alan-shepard-k4.html

gemini program

Apr 8, 1964

NASA's second human spaceflight program. started in 1961 and finished in 1966. first flight in 1964, first manned flight in 1965, last flight in 1966.

spacewalk

Jun 3, 1965

during gemini IV Ed White was the first american to step foot outside of an space craft in space which is known as the spacewalk https://www.nasa.gov/feature/gemini-iv-learning-to-walk-in-space

apollo 1

Jan 26, 1967

the first manned flight of apollo scheduled for february 21, 1967. a fire broke out causing the 3 astronauts to die. https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html

apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

the space flight that carried the first man to ever step foot on the moon. Neil Armstrong being the first to walk onto the moon who was quoted saying "one small step for man, one giant leap for man kind" https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/apollo11.html