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space race timeline

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  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR
    On October 4, 1957, the USSR launched Sputnik, the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth

  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR
    The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2

  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA
    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States. The mission followed the first two satellites the previous year; the Soviet Union's Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2, beginning the Cold War Space Race between the two nations.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    The U.S. Congress passes legislation establishing the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA), a civilian agency responsible for coordinating America's activities in space,

  • First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

    First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)
    an intrepid chimpanzee called Ham was launched on a rocket from Cape Canaveral in the United States, and returned to Earth alive. In this process, he became the first hominin in space.

  • First man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR
    Gagarin was launched into orbit by a Vostok rocket and became the first man in space. After completing one orbit, the spacecraft's automatic controls brought him safely back to Earth.

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

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
    For the eyes of the world now look into space, to the moon and to the planets beyond, and we have vowed that we shall not see it governed by a hostile flag of conquest, but by a banner of freedom and peace. ... There is no strife, no prejudice, no national conflict in outer space as yet.