Timeline: Space Race

1943

V2 rocket launch by Nazis
1957

launch and launch into orbit of Sputnik 1, (USSR)
1957

Laika (dog) is sent on Sputnik 2 (USSR)
1958

Detection of the Van Allen belts ( Explorer 1)

USA
1958

First communications satellite ( SCORE)

United States
1959

First artificial solar satellite (Luna 1)

URSS
1959

Meteorological satellite (Vanguard 2)

USA
1959

Photograph of the Earth from space ( Explorer 6 )

USA
1959

First photo of the far side of the Moon (Luna 3)

URSS
1961

Ham the Chimpanzee becomes the first hominid to travel to space

USA
1961

First human in orbit (Vostok 1)

URSS
1962

First active communications satellite (Telstar 1)
1963

First woman in orbit (Vostok 6)
Mar 18, 1965

First spacewalk (Vosjod 2)
Mar 1, 1966

First probe to land on a planet (Venus) Venera 3

URSS
Mar 4, 1966

First probe to orbit a celestial body other than Earth (the Moon) Luna 10

URSS
1967

First automatic docking of two ships in space (Cosmos 186 / Cosmos 188)

URSS
1968

Manned lunar orbit (Apollo 8)

USA
1969

First manned lunar landing on the Moon (Apollo 11)

USA
Nov 17, 1970

First robot vehicle sent to the Moon and into space (Lunojod 1)

URSS
Mar 23, 1971

First space station (Salyut 1)

URSS
Nov 14, 1971

First satellite to orbit another planet (Mars) (Mariner 9)

USA
May 14, 1973

America's First Orbital Laboratory (Skylab)
Dec 3, 1973

first space probe to reach the orbit of Jupiter.(Pioneer 10)

USA
1974

the first to fly over the planet Mercury.( Mariner 10 )

USA
1974

First military space station( Salyut 3)

URSS
1975

The end of the Cold War
1981

First space shuttle

USA
1984

First spacewalk of a woman (Salyut 7)

URSS
1988

First humans to stay 1 year in space (Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov) Mir

URSS

V2 rocket launch by Nazis

launch and launch into orbit of Sputnik 1, (USSR)

Laika (dog) is sent on Sputnik 2 (USSR)

Detection of the Van Allen belts ( Explorer 1)

First communications satellite ( SCORE)

First artificial solar satellite (Luna 1)

Meteorological satellite (Vanguard 2)

Photograph of the Earth from space ( Explorer 6 )

First photo of the far side of the Moon (Luna 3)

Ham the Chimpanzee becomes the first hominid to travel to space

First human in orbit (Vostok 1)

First active communications satellite (Telstar 1)

First woman in orbit (Vostok 6)

First spacewalk (Vosjod 2)

First probe to land on a planet (Venus) Venera 3

First probe to orbit a celestial body other than Earth (the Moon) Luna 10

First automatic docking of two ships in space (Cosmos 186 / Cosmos 188)

Manned lunar orbit (Apollo 8)

First manned lunar landing on the Moon (Apollo 11)

First robot vehicle sent to the Moon and into space (Lunojod 1)

First space station (Salyut 1)

First satellite to orbit another planet (Mars) (Mariner 9)

America's First Orbital Laboratory (Skylab)

first space probe to reach the orbit of Jupiter.(Pioneer 10)

the first to fly over the planet Mercury.( Mariner 10 )

First military space station( Salyut 3)

The end of the Cold War

First space shuttle

First spacewalk of a woman (Salyut 7)

First humans to stay 1 year in space (Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov) Mir