Space Race Timeline

By skorntan

  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I

  • First Animal in Space

    First Animal in Space
    The Soviet Union launched a dog into orbit first.

  • First Satelite by USA

    First Satelite by USA
    Explorer 1

  • Creation Of NASA

    Creation Of NASA

  • FIrst animal launched into space by the USA

    FIrst animal launched into space by the USA

  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA
    pilot Alan Shepard

  • First man to orbit Earth by USA

    First man to orbit Earth by USA
    astronaut John H. Glenn

  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
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    Events that were important in the Gemini missions

    First onboard computer.
    First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini VIII with Agena)
    First propulsion maneuver with docked Agena (Gemini X)

  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR
    cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

  • First man to do an EVA by USA

    First man to do an EVA by USA
    astronaut Edward White

  • Tragedy that led up to moon landing

    Tragedy that led up to moon landing
    Apollo 1 - a fire erupted and rapidly asphyxiated all three astronauts.

  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR
    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7
    Apollo 7 - the first three-person American crew to launch to space.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Apollo 11 -perform a crewed lunar landing and return to Earth.