Space Race

By mpalmer16

  • Sputnik I

    U.S.S.R. launched first artificial satillite.

  • Alan B. Shepard

    first U.S. citizen in space

  • Yuri Gargarin

    First person in space, U.S.S.R.

  • Mariner 2

    verified high temps in Venus atmosphere

  • John Glenn

    first U.S. citizen to orbit the Earth

  • Surveyor

    landed on the moon

  • Apollo 11

    Neil Armstrong, Edwin Aldrin and Michael Collins land on the moon, U.S.

  • Pioneer 10

    sent back pics of Jupiter, first probe encounted an outer planet

  • Project Apollo

    project Apollo ends

  • Skylab

    launched first U.S. space station

  • Viking 1

    orbiter mapped suface of Mars, lander searched for life

  • Skylab

    fell out of orbit and burned upon reentry to the Earth

  • Magellan

    mapped Venus surface and returned data on atmosphere

  • Mars

    Mars Global Surveyor and the Mars Pathfinder

  • Lunar Prospector

    mapping the the moon, composition and structure

  • Mir

    fell out of orbit

  • Mars Odyssey

    mapping the surface of Mars found frozen water

  • Twins of Mars

    Spirit and Opportunity launched

  • Twins of Mars

    rovers landed on Mars