Space Race Timeline

By ClayHuey15

  • NASA is formed

    NASA is formed
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA).

  • Man Made

    Man Made
    Luna 1 is launched by the USSR. It is the first man made object to orbit the Sun.

  • Mercury Seven

    Mercury Seven
    The "Mercury Seven" astronauts are selected by NASA.

  • Go for the Moon

    Go for the Moon
    President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress and challenges the nation to go to the Moon before the end of the decade.

  • Women in Space

    Women in Space
    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.

  • Assassination

    Assassination
    President Kennedy is assassinated.

  • Close Range

    Close Range
    Mariner 4 returns close ranger images of Mars.

  • Moon Orbit

    Moon Orbit
    Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.

  • Yuri Gagarin

    Yuri Gagarin
    Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, dies in a plane crash.

  • Moon Walk

    Moon Walk
    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become the first men to walk on the Moon while crewmate Michael Collins orbits around the Moon alone.