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Sputnik I (Soviet)
The Soviets begun the Space Race by launching the first artificial satellite into space -
Sputnik II (Soviet)
The Soviets sent the first dog into space, showing that they were capable of sending living things into space and retrieve them -
Explorer I (US)
The United STates first artificial satellite, this satellite detected the Van Allen radiation belts -
Project SCORE (US)
The first satellite capable of communications which was developed and launched by the United States -
Luna I (Soviets)
The first lunar spacecraft which made a rocket restart in Earth's orbit, this was created by the Soviets -
Explorer VI (US)
The first satellite to take a photo of Earth from orbit, this was one of the fears of both countries as they could use satellites to spy on each other -
Luna II (Soviet)
The first man-made object to make it onto the moon -
Vostok I (Soviet)
First Human in space (Yuri Gagarin), a great Soviet achivement -
Vostok VI (Soviets)
The first woman/civilian in space (Valentina Tereshkova) -
Gemini VIII (US)
The first spacecraft docking, allowing interchangeable crews -
Apollo XI (US)
The first men on the Moon which was the United States essentially winning the Space Race -
Skylab I (US)
28 Day human space record -
Skylab II (US)
56 Day human space record -
Skylab III (US)
84 Day human space record -
Apollo-Soyuz (Multi-national)
The first cooperative space operation between the Soviets and the US, signifying an end to the Space Race
