Space race

Space Race

By cmckenney
  • Sputnik Enters Orbit

    Sputnik Enters Orbit

    The USSR launches the first satellite into orbit around the earth.
  • First Animal in Space

    First Animal in Space

    The USSR sends the first animal into space a dog named Laika. The dog does survive 7 days, but dies during the flight.
  • First Human In Space

    First Human In Space

    Yuri Gagarin rode on Vostok 1 making him the first human in space.
  • First Women In Space

    First Women In Space

    Valentina Tereshkova was aboard Vostok 6 becoming the first woman in space.
  • First Deaths In Space

    First Deaths In Space

    On a more somber note the crew of the Apollo 1 died the first deaths in space.
  • First Moon Landing

    First Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong and the rest of the Apollo 11 crew land on the moon.
  • First Space Station

    First Space Station

    The USSR launch the Salyut 1 the first space station the crew die during reentry.
  • First International Docking

    First International Docking

    US and Russian space craft dock together.
  • First Mars Landing

    First Mars Landing

    The rover Viking 1 lands on Mars and send photos back to earth.
  • First Reusable Space Vehicle

    First Reusable Space Vehicle

    The space shuttle is created it is launched attached to a rocket and lands like a plane.
  • First American Woman In Space

    First American Woman In Space

    Sally Ride is the first American woman in space.
  • First Woman to Space Walk

    First Woman to Space Walk

    Svetlana Savitskaya is the first woman to do a space walk she worked on welding on space station Salyut 7 for over 3 hours.
  • First Year In Space

    First Year In Space

    The Russian cosmonaughts Musa Manorav and Vladmir Titov spend 366 days in space.
  • First Space Telescope

    First Space Telescope

    Hubble Space telescope deployed. This telescope is capable of taking pictures and sending them back to earth.
  • First Space Craft to Exit Solar System

    First Space Craft to Exit Solar System

    Pioneer 10 becomes the first spacecraft to exit the Solar System. It is currently 6.5 billion miles away.
  • First ISS Mission

    First ISS Mission

    A Russian is transported on a space shuttle onto the ISS.
  • First Surface Travel on Another Planet

    First Surface Travel on Another Planet

    The robot Sojourner travels on the surface of Mars.
  • First Non-Astronaught to enter Space

    First Non-Astronaught to enter Space

    The billionare Dennis Tito paid $20 M to go into space.
  • China Sends First Man into Space

    China Sends First Man into Space

    Yang Liwei becomes the first Chinese astronaught to enter space. This makes China the third country to send a person into space.
  • First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn

    First Spacecraft to Orbit Saturn

    Cassini-Huygens is the first spaceship to orbit Saturn.