From the beginning of the Space Race to nowadays

By gaspard6
  • The first object in orbit

    The first object in orbit

    The soviets launch the first object in space. It turns in orbit around the Earth. This object is called Sputnik 1.
  • Sputnik 2: Laïka

    Sputnik 2: Laïka

    Laïka is a soviet dog which was sent in space. USSR become the first nation to successfully send a living organism into orbit.
  • US entering in space race

    US entering in space race

    The United States enter in the space race by launching Explorer 1, the first US satellite to reach orbit. Explorer 1 is carrying equipment to examine space in details.
  • Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1 is the first use of solar energy in space,
    now it's also the oldest artificial object still in space. It is an American project.
  • The creation of the NASA

    The creation of the NASA

    It's the creation of the National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) in the United States, which is created to replace the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA).
  • SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.

    SCORE, the world's first communications satellite.

    The United States launch SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. It captured world attention by broadcasting a pre-recorded Christmas message from the United States President Dwight D. Eisenhower, and became the first broadcast of a human voice from space.
  • First weather satellite

    First weather satellite

    Vanguard 2 is the first weather satellite in the space.
  • The first human in space

    The first human in space

    The first human in space is a Soviet, his name is Yuri Gagarine. He was 27 year old in 1961. He suceeded his objective that was to stay in orbit around the Earth and come back alive.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    Apollo 11 succeeds his mission that was to put an human on the moon, his name is Neil Armstrong.
  • First space station

    First space station

    Salyut 1 is the first space station. It's a soviet base which was in Earth's orbit.
  • Apollo 15

    Apollo 15

    Apollo 15 is the mission that sent the first motor vehicle on another celestial body, it's name is Lunar Roving Vehicle.
  • ISS program

    ISS program

    Ronald Reagan has the idea to make an international base in orbit around Earth that will gather the five most important space agencies: NASA, ESA, ASC, JAXA and Recosmos.
  • Galileo

    Galileo

    Galileo is the first space robot probe in Jupiter's orbit. It's an American probe.
  • Hayabusa

    Hayabusa

    Hayabusa, a robotic spacecraft developed by the JAXA (Japonese agency) is launched on may 2003 to study the asteroid called Itokawa.
  • Artemis lunar project

    Artemis lunar project

    The Artemis program is a crewed spaceflight program by the NASA, the main objective is to land "the first woman and the next man" on the Moon by 2024. Artemis would help to establish a sustainable human presence on the Moon. The hope is to develop human activity on the moon.
    In 2017, the project was approved by Space Policy Directive 1. The NASA asked for $1.6 billion of funds for this project in 2020.