space race

By emilio404
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    Explorer 1

    1958- U.S. launches an artificial satellite(Explorer 1)

  • Alan Shepard

    The first man on the moon.

  • John Glenn, Jr

    First American orbits Earth Mariner 2 flies past venus

  • mars

    Mariner 4 space probe flies past mars

  • Apollo

    Apollo 11 first manned moon landing (Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins)

  • Jupiter

    Pioneer 7 sent toward Jupiter

  • space mission

    U.S. and Soviet Union launch first joint space mission