space race By itsvinnyman Apr 4, 1957 ussr launches sputnik 1 Period: Apr 4, 1957 to Jun 20, 1669 beging of space race again Jan 31, 1958 explorer 1 dose a full orbit May 15, 1958 sputnik 3 is launched Jan 2, 1959 luna 1 launched by ussr makes a full orbit Nov 8, 1960 JFK becomes the 35th president Apr 12, 1961 Russia launches Yuri German orbits earth Aug 6, 1961 gherman titov spends a day in space Dec 20, 1962 john glen orbits the earth 3 times 1965 Alexi leonov spends 12 min out side of capsule Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong lands on the moon
