The Space Race

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  • The launch of Sputnik I

    The launch of Sputnik I
    USSR launches Sputnik 1, man's first artificial satellite

  • The launch of Explorer I

    The launch of Explorer I
    USA launches Explorer 1, its first satellite. Discovers Van Allen radiation belts circling Earth

  • The launch of Luna 2

    The launch of Luna 2
    USSR's Luna 2 makes hard lunar landing

  • Luna 3 Photographs

    Luna 3 Photographs
    USSR's Luna 3 takes pictures of dark side of moon

  • USSR's Vostok I

    USSR's Vostok I
    Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is first man to orbit Earth

  • USA 's Friendship 7

    USA 's Friendship 7
    American astronaut John Glenn orbits Earth

  • USA's Mariner 2

    USA's Mariner 2
    USA's Mariner 2 passes within 21,500 mi. of Venus

  • USSR's Voskhod 2

    USSR's Voskhod 2
    Soviet cosmonaut becomes first man to "walk" in space

  • USA's Mariner 4

    USA's Mariner 4
    USA's Mariner 4 takes first close-up photos of Mars

  • USSR's Luna 9

    USSR's Luna 9
    USSR's Luna 9 makes first soft landing on moon

  • USA's Surveyor I

    USA's Surveyor I
    USA's Surveyor 1 makes soft lunar landing

  • USA's Mariner 5

    USA's Mariner 5
    USA's Mariner 5 passes within 6,000 mi. of Venus

  • USA's Apollo 11

    USA's Apollo 11
    American astronaut Neil A. Armstrong is first man to walk on the moon, accompanied by Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr