space race timeline

U.S

Jan 31, 1958

U.S Launches an artificial satellite (Explorer 1)

U.S

May 5, 1961

First American in space (Alan Shepard)

U.S

Feb 20, 1962

First American orbits Earth (John Glenn, Jr) Mariner 2 flies past venus

U.S

Nov 28, 1964

Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars

U.S

Jul 16, 1969

Apollo 11 first manned moon landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins)

U.S

Dec 24, 1973

Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter