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Space Race

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  • Begining of Space Race

    Begining of Space Race

    Launching of Sputnik 1
  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1

    The first American satellite to reach the orbit
  • Sputnik 3

    Sputnik 3

    Sputnik 3 is launched
  • NASA

    NASA

    NASA was formed
  • "Mercury Seven"

    "Mercury Seven"

    The "Mercury Seven" were chosen by NASA
  • Luna 2

    Luna 2

    Luna 2 is launched. It impacts the Moon on September 13, becoming the first man-made object to do so.
  • JFK

    JFK

    John f. Kennedy is selected to be the 35th president of the United States.
  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space

    Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once and becomes the first man in space.
  • Alan B. Shepard

    Alan B. Shepard

    Alan B. Shepard becomes the first American in space.
  • First Woman is Space

    First Woman is Space

    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.
  • Ranger 7

    Ranger 7

    Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.
  • Mars

    Mars

    Mariner 4 returns close ranger images of Mars.
  • Luna 10

    Luna 10

    Luna 10 becomes the first satellite to orbit the Moon.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    First humans on the Moon.
  • End

    End

    Apollo 17's return from the moon.