Space Exploration Timeline By Dun66 Oct 4, 1957 The USSR Launches Sputnik http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Mar 5, 1958 Explorer 2 was Launched but it failed to orbit. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Jul 29, 1958 The National Aeroonutics Adminastration was created http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Oct 11, 1959 Pioneer 1 is luanched to a height of 70,000 miles. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Apr 12, 1961 The Soviet Union lainched the first human into space. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ May 25, 1961 John F. Kenndey launched a new program called The Space Exploration and Scientific Reasearch. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Dec 7, 1961 NASA announces the Gemini Program http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn orbits around the Earth 3 times http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Edwin W. were the first to walk on moon. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Nov 20, 1980 The International Space Station was begging to be built. http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Jun 2, 2003 The Europeanian space orginization launched a unemployed spacecraft into orbit www.google.com ( this was not on space race so i googled and could not fund the website again)