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Sputnik is launched
the soviets launch sputnik creating the first artificial satellite to orbit earth. This advancement gives the US fear and motivates the US to work quicker. -
Laika enters space
The USSR launches Laika, a small dog, into space to become not the first animal in space but the first animal to orbit earth. -
Explorer is launched
The US launches its first successful satellite into space also becoming the first spacecraft to detect the Van Allen radiation belt -
Nasa's formation
The US forms NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration) -
Ham enters space
"Ham", a chimpanzee, is the first animal to enter space representing the USA -
Yuri Gargin
The first man in space's name was Yuri Gargin from the USSR, not only was he the first man in space but first to orbit the earth. -
Alan Shepard
Alan Shepard became the first American man in space, but not the first man, -
Kennedys Commitment
President Kennedy commits the US to landing on the moon by the end of the decade. -
John Glenn
John Glenn was the first american to orbit the earth. -
Gemini 1
An uncrewed test flight testing the structural integrity of new spacecraft -
Alexei Leonov EVA
The first EVA done was by a man with the soviet union who accomplished an EVA lasting 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft -
Gemini 10
designed to create testing for the docking of the agena target vehicle -
Gemini 11
gemini was a mission that was a gateway from mercury missions into apollo missions -
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin Do EVA
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin preform the first American EVA with the moon landing -
Challenger
73 seconds after the launch of the challenger crashing into the atlantic after reaching an altitude of 50,000 feet
