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Sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

First satellite to orbit, sent by the USSR

Sputnik 2

Nov 3, 1957

Second spacecraft sent by the USSR. He took the first animal into space, the dog Laika

Vanguard TV3

Dec 6, 1957

First US attempt to launch a satellite into Earth's orbit, but it failed and did not achieve its purpose.

Sputnik 1 falls

Jan 4, 1958

The satellite, Sputnik 1, sent by the USSR falls, loses its orbit and re-enters the Earth's atmosphere.

Explorer

Jan 31, 1958

First satellite sent by the USA that orbited the earth

Vanguard I

Mar 17, 1958

First satellite sent by the USA powered by solar energy.

Sputnik 3

May 15, 1958

Satellite sent by the USSR with the mission of measuring the radiation of the Van Allen belts. Although it managed to orbit, it failed its mission.

NASA Foundation

Jul 29, 1958

The president at the time, Dwight David Eisenhower, founded NASA.

Mercury

Oct 7, 1958

USA started the Mercury program (to discover if the human could survive in outer space).

SCORE

Dec 18, 1958

USA sends the first telecommunications satellite.

Interplanetary probe 1

Jan 2, 1959

The USSR launches the first interplanetary probe with the aim of impacting the moon (it did not succeed).

interplanetary probe 2

Sep 12, 1959

The USSR re-launches an interplanetary probe with the aim of impacting the lunar surface (if it succeeded).

Interplanetary probe 3

Oct 7, 1959

La URSS lanza la tercera Sonda interplanetaria, esta logró tomar una fotografía de la luna.

Yuri Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

He flew in the Vostok 1 capsule and was the first man to travel to outer space, sent by the USSR.

Project Mercury

Feb 20, 1962

He flew in the Vostok 1 capsule and was the first man to travel to outer space, sent by the USSR.

Valentina Tereshkova

Jun 16, 1963

She was the first woman to travel to space sent by the USSR.

Moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

The USA sent Apollo 11 into space, it had Neil Armstrong on board who was the first man to step on the moon and thus the moon landing was made.