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Olya Tsvilyuk. Space Race Timeline

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  • First satellite in space by the USSR

    First satellite in space by the USSR
    "Sputnik" - the first artificial satellite to orbit Earth.

  • First animal in space by the USSR

    First animal in space by the USSR
    Dog Laika - the first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth, aboard the Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2

  • First satellite in space by the USA

    First satellite in space by the USA
    Explorer 1

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    NASA - The National Aeronautics and Space Administration

  • First animal in space by the USA

    First animal in space by the USA
    Chimpanzee Ham the Chimp flew a suborbital flight on the Mercury-Redstone-2 mission ( as a part of the U.S. Mercury Mission)

  • First man in space by the USSR

    First man in space by the USSR
    Yurii Gagarin was launched to orbit with a Vostok rocket and became the first man in space. After one orbit, automatic control brought him safely back to Earth.

  • First man in space by the USA

    First man in space by the USA
    Alan Shepard - first American in space

  • JFK's speech

    JFK's speech
    Speech and commitment to getting to the Moon before the end of decade

  • First man to orbit Earth by the USA

    First man to orbit Earth by the USA
    John Glenn - first American orbited the Earth, with a Friendship 7 orbited Earth 3 times in 4 hours 56 minutes, reaching a speed of 17,000 miles per hour.

  • First man to do an EVA by the USSR

    First man to do an EVA by the USSR
    Alexei Leonov spent 12 minutes 9 seconds outside of the Vostok-2 spacecraft.

  • First man to do an EVA by the USA

    First man to do an EVA by the USA
    Ed White from the second crewed Gemini (4), performed a 21-minute spacewalk and became 1st American who did an EVA.

  • Gemini 7

    Gemini 7
    Crew: Frank Bormann, Jim Lovell.
    Completed 2 weeks mission - proved that humanity can survive the flight to the Moon, rendezvous with Gemini 6.

  • Gemini 9

    Gemini 9
    Crew: Elliot See, Charles Bassett.
    Original crew was killed in a crash, while flying to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft.

  • Gemini 8

    Gemini 8
    Crew: Nail Armstrong, Dave Scott.
    Docked with Agena

  • Gemini 12

    Gemini 12
    Crew: Buzz Aldrin, Jim Lovell. Buzz Aldrin worked outside of a spacecraft to install a handrail between the Gemini and Agena; 3 EVAs, 59 orbits

  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1
    Crew: Ed White, Gus Grissom, Roger Chaffee. During training the fire started in the capsule and pure oxygen inside exploded. Whole crew was killed.

  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7
    Crew: Walter Schirra, Donn Eisele, Walter Cunningham. First crewed Apollo mission.

  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    Crew: Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, Bill Anders. First time when mankind left the orbit of Earth and reached a different astronomical object. First time when the man looked to the other side of the Moon with their eyes.

  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9
    Crew: James McDivitt, David Scott, Russell Schweickart. Engineering test of the first crewed lunar landing module, verifying that the spacecraft is ready for landing on the Moon.

  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10
    Crew: Thomas Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan.
    Confirm all aspects of landing to the Moon, except actually landing. There was a shortage of fuel, so crew would not land on Moon.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Crew: Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, Buzz Aldrin.
    First man on Moon - Neil Armstrong. (Second - Buzz Aldrin). “That’s one small step for man, one giant leap for mankind", Neil Armstrong.