The Space Race

By s-zwelch

  • Sputnik I is launched

    The Sputnik I shuttle is launcher by NASA.

  • Sputnik II is launched

    Sputnik II is launched by NASA

  • The shuttle Mercury is launched

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    Apollo Program

    The Apollo program, funded by NASA, takes place between these dates.

  • Launch of Gemini

    The satellite Gemini is launched by the Soviet Union.
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    Mariner Program

  • Skylab Launch

    Space station Skylab was made in order to prove that humans could live and work in space. It housed 9 people. it was launched by NASA

  • Viking I is launched

    Viking I, destined for Mars, is larnched by NASA.

  • Viking II is launched

    The Viking II spacecraft, destined for Mars, is launched.

  • Viking I arrives at Mars

    The Viking I spacecraft arrives at Mars.

  • Viking II arrives at Mars

    The Viking II spacecraft arrives at Mars.
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    NASA's Space Shuttle Program

    The timespan of NASA's Space Shuttle Program.

  • Mir Launch

    Space station Mir is launched by Russia

  • The Magellan probe is launched

    The Magellan probe, destined for Venus, is launched by NASA.

  • The Galileo probe is launched

  • Hubble Space Telescope Launch

    The Hubble telescope is launched after a four-year delay after the Challenger incident.

  • The Galileo probe reaches Jupiter

  • Launch of the NEAR Shoemaker

    The NEAR shoemaker is launched from Florida, heading for the asteroid Eros.

  • Voyager II is launched

    The Voyager II probe is alunched. It is destined for Jupiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

  • Voyager I is launched

    The Voyager I probe is launched from Cape Canaveral. It will go to JUpiter, Neptune, Saturn and Uranus.

  • The Cassini probe is launched

    The Cassini probe is launched
    The Cassini probe is luanched. It is sceduled for arrival at Saturn in 2004. It is a symbol of international cooperation due to the fact that the launch rocket was provided by NASA, but the probe and communitcations array was provided by the Italian Space Agency

  • Genesis is launched

    The Genesis spacecraft is launched.

  • Launch of Spirit

    The Mars rover Spirit is launched at Cape Canaveral.

  • Launch of Opportunity

    The Mars rover Opportunity is launched at Cape Canaveral

  • Arrival of Spirit at Mars

  • Arrival of Cassini at Jupiter

    The Cassini probe arrives at Jupiter and begins studies.

  • Crash of the Genesis

    The Genesis spacecraft crahses into Oregon when its parachutes fail to deploy.