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Space Race

By mloper
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    Cold War

    Historians are unsure of the exact dates.
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    Space Race

  • Sputnik 1 lanched and orbits

    Sputnik 1 lanched and orbits

    USSR
  • Sputnik 2 lanched

    Sputnik 2 lanched

    USSR
  • Lanika is the first mammal in space

    Lanika is the first mammal in space

    USSR
  • First Solar Powered Satellite

    First Solar Powered Satellite

    USA
  • First communications satellite

    First communications satellite

    USA
  • First Weather Satellite

    First Weather Satellite

    USA
  • First spy satellite to carry a camera

    First spy satellite to carry a camera

    USA (failed to achieve orbit)
  • First photograph of Earth from orbit

    First photograph of Earth from orbit

    USA
  • First impact into another celestial body (Moon)

    First impact into another celestial body (Moon)

    USSR
  • First image of the far side of the moon

    First image of the far side of the moon

    USSR
  • First successful US spy satellite

    First successful US spy satellite

    USA (returned intelligence data)

  • First satellite recovered from space

    USA
  • Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space

    Yuri Gagarin is the first man in space

    USSR
  • First American in Space

    First American in Space

    Alan Shepard; USA; Freedom 7
  • First planetary flyby

    First planetary flyby

    Venus USSR
  • First woman in space

    First woman in space

    Valentina Tereshkova; USSR

  • First multi-person crew

    3; USSR
  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk

    USSR
  • First man on the Moon

    First man on the Moon

    USA; Neil Armstrong; Apollo 11