Space Race

By luciajimenez64

  • Launch of V2

  • First Satellite in Orbit. Sputnik I

    USSR starts space race by putting first satellite into orbit
  • First living animal in space. Sputnik II

    First living animal in space. Sputnik II

    The USSR launched Laika (a dog) into space, being the first living being to leave the Earth's atmosphere.

  • Vanguard 1

    The first satellite powered by solar energy.

  • SCORE

    The first telecommunications satellite.

  • Vanguard 2

    Weather satellite

  • Explorer 6

    Photo of Earth from space

  • Moon 2

    First terrestrial object to hit the Moon.

  • Moon 3

    The Soviet satellite Luna 3 took the first images of the far side of the Moon.
  • First space probe to reach the orbit of Jupiter.

    First space probe to reach the orbit of Jupiter.

  • Yuri Gagarin, the first human being in space

    Yuri Gagarin, the first human being in space

  • Valentina Tereshkova. First woman in space, USSR

    Valentina Tereshkova. First woman in space, USSR

    The USSR takes an equal step by taking the first woman into space. It took the United States 20 more years to get a woman into space.

  • Venera 3

    Probe lands on another planet. (Venus)
  • Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong

    First human to step on the moon.

  • Apollo XIII

    First space mission with numerous problems turning into a survival story

  • Salyut I

    First space station in orbit, launched by the USSR

  • Pioneer 10

    First space probe to reach the orbit of Jupiter.

  • End of the Cold War

    The docking of the Soyuz and Apollo 18 spacecraft takes place in Earth's orbit. It was the first joint mission of the space agencies of both countries.

  • Viking I

    First landing on Mars

  • Launch of the Ariane I

  • Challenger takeoff explosion

    Challenger takeoff explosion

    Challenger space shuttle explosion, carrying 7 astronauts on board, being the biggest space tragedy up to that time.

  • MIR Space Station

  • The Hubble Space Telescope enters orbit

    Spectacular images of distant galaxies begin to arrive.

  • Disintegration of the Columbia Shuttle

  • Last flight of the space shuttles

  • Curiosity lands on Mars

  • Chang'e'4 probe

    First space mission carried out on the invisible side of our satellite.