Space Race-JD7

USSR launches Sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

Launch of Sputnik 1USSR Launches Sputnik I

Sputnik 2 is sent into orbit carrying a dog named Laika.

Nov 3, 1957

Sputnik 2 sends dog named Laika into space.

The US launches Explorer 1.

Jan 31, 1958

Explorer 1 launched.

NASA is formed.

Oct 1, 1958

NASA is formed.

Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.

Apr 12, 1961

First man in space.

Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space.

May 5, 1961

First American in space.

President John F. Kennedy addresses congress and challenges the nation to go to the moon before the end of the decade.

May 25, 1961

John F. Kennedy sets a goal to land men on the moon.

John Glenn orbits the Earth 3 times.

Feb 20, 1962

John Glenn orbits the Earth.

Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk.

Mar 18, 1965

First Spacewalk.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.

Jul 20, 1969

Moon Landing.