Space race

Emma's Space Race Timeline

By ellioemm
  • First animal in space by USA

    First animal in space by USA

    The first animal in space by the US was a monkey
  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    Soviet Union launched the earth's first artificial satellite, Sputnik I. It orbited for three weeks before its batteries died and then orbited silently for two months before it fell back into the atmosphere on the 25th December 1957.
  • First animal in space by USSR

    First animal in space by USSR

    The Soviet Union stunned the world with the launch of Sputnik 2. On board the small satellite was a little dog, Laika, the first animal to orbit Earth.
  • First satellite in space by USA

    First satellite in space by USA

    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States after the USSR
  • 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 man in space by USSR

    First man in space by USSR

    aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space
  • First man to orbit earth by USSR

    First man to orbit earth by USSR

    aboard the spacecraft Vostok 1, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin becomes the first human being to travel into space. During the flight, the 27-year-old test pilot and industrial technician also became the first man to orbit the planet
  • First man in space by USA

    First man in space by USA

    NASA astronaut Alan Shepard Jr. became the first American in space. 59 years ago, Shepard launched into space inside his Freedom 7 capsule.
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    President John F. Kennedy announced before a special joint session of Congress the dramatic and ambitious goal of sending an American safely to the Moon before the end of the decade.
  • First man to orbit Earth by US

    First man to orbit Earth by US

    John Glenn became the 1st American to orbit Earth and the first American space hero. John Glenn and Friendship 7.
  • First man to do an EVA by USSR

    First man to do an EVA by USSR

    The first EVA was performed by Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov, who spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
  • First man to do an EVA by US

    First man to do an EVA by US

    American astronauts Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin performed the first EVA on the lunar surface