Alyssa- Space Race Timeline

First Animal in Space by USA

Feb 20, 1947

Ham was the chimp that the United States of America sent into space.

First Satellite in Space by USSR

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik was the name of the first satellite that the USSR sent into Space.

First Animal in Space by USSR

Nov 3, 1957

Dog Laika was the first animal ever to be sent into space by the USSR.

First Satellite in Space by USA

Jan 31, 1958

Explorer 1- The USA's part in the International Geophysical Year.

Creation of NASA

Jul 29, 1958

Congressional legislation passes the National Aeronautics and Space Administration.

Fist Man in Space by USSR

Apr 12, 1961

Gagarin was the first man that the USSR sent into space, who completed one orbit.

First Man in Space by USA

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard was the first US astronaut that was sent into space, being the fifth total man to walk on the moon.

JFK's Speech About Getting to the Moon

May 25, 1961

JFK's speech included why he thought it was important to do such a task "We choose to go to the moon in this decade and do the other things, not because they are easy, but because they are hard..."

First Man to Orbit Earth From USA

Feb 20, 1962

Glenn Jr. was the first man to orbit Earth. While on this mission he orbited Earth a total of three times

First Man to Complete an EVA by the USSR

Mar 18, 1965

Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds completing the first EVA by the USSR in the Voskhod 2 Spacecraft.

Gemini 3 Launches

Mar 23, 1965

The Gemini 3 was a rocket created with a two person capsule allowing two people to go into Space, rather than only one.

First Man to Complete EVA by USA

Jun 3, 1965

Steve Robinson was the first American to complete an EVA on mission STS-114.

Gemini 7 Launches

Dec 4, 1965

In Gemini 7 astronauts Frank Borman and Jim Lovell fly the Titan ll GLV on a two week space task.

Gemini 9 Failed Launch

Jun 3, 1966

On the way to the moon Gemini 9 in a task to get a targeted vehicle into space, the rocked was destroyed at takeoff killing any astronauts inside.

Gemini 12 Launched

Nov 11, 1966

Lovell, James, Edwin, and Aldrin complete docking with the Agenda Target Vehicle to complete an EVA.

Apollo 1 - Failed Mission

Feb 21, 1967

Killing Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee Apollo 1 had attempted to be first to land on the Moon, when a cabin fire during the launch occurred.

Apollo 7 Launches

Oct 11, 1968

Apollo 7 was the first Apollo mission with a human crew after the failed attempt with Apollo 1.

Apollo 8 Launches

Dec 20, 1968

The first Space Crew to leave Earth at a low orbit carrying Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders

Apollo 9

Mar 3, 1969

This was a test flight of the LLTV, which burned up in Earth's Atmosphere.

Apollo 10

May 18, 1969

Apollo 10 was a human space flight that orbited the Moon 31 times and landed safely back on Earth after doing so.

Apollo 11 Launched

Jul 16, 1969

A flight that lasted 195 hours carried Ed Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins, and the first man who walked on the moon, Neil Armstrong.