space race Kaitlyn benavente

First satellite in space by USSR- Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

The Soviet Union had launched the first artificial satellite and had become the first manmade object to orbit the Earth.

First animal in space by USSR- Dog Laika

Nov 3, 1957

First soviet space dog and first animal to orbit the Earth that was homeless. They believed it would be better because it knows how to survive in the cold etc.

First satellite in space by USA- Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

Launched by the U.S. and followed behind Sputnik 1 and 2 worked on, owned by Wernher von Braun

Creation of NASA

Oct 29, 1958

An agency run by people made to coordinate American's activities in space, created by Eisenhower.

First animal in space by USA (Ham the chimp)

Jan 31, 1961

Had been launched on a rocket and returned to earth alive

First man in space by USSR- Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

Launched into orbit by a Vostok rocket and completed one orbit in space before returning.

First man in space by USA- Alan Barlett Shepard Jr.

May 5, 1961

Launched in Freedom 7 Space Capsule and became the first American into space

First man to orbit Earth by USA- John H. Glenn Jr.

Feb 20, 1962

Orbited the globe 3 times on Friendship 7.

JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

Sep 12, 1962

Declared that the U.S. would land astronauts on the moon

First man to do an EVA by USSR- cosmonaut Alexei Leonov

Mar 18, 1965

Went to space in the Voskhod 2 spacecraft and spend 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside of it.

First man to do an EVA by USA- Ed White

Jun 3, 1965

Was on the Second crewed Gemini flight, Gemini IV for 21 minutes and difficulties happened and almost didn't make it back alive and was tethered to the spacecraft.

Original Gemini 9 Grew Tragedy

Feb 28, 1966

killed pilot Elliot See and pilot Charles Bassett, flying a T-38 jet trainer to the McDonnell Aircraft plant in St. Louis, Missouri to inspect their spacecraft

First docking of crewed and uncrewed spacecraft (Gemini VIII with Agena)

Mar 16, 1966

Piloted by Neil Armstrong and David Scott which was both from USA

Apollo 1 Tragedy

Jan 27, 1967

Flash fire occurred and killing 3 of them Grissom, White and Chaffee

Apollo 7

Oct 11, 1968

Their first was being the first crewed flight in NASA's program

Apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

first to leave Earth's low orbit fully crewed

Apollo 9

Mar 13, 1969

docketed the first manned Apollo and was an orbiting mission

Apollo 10

May 26, 1969

the first to carry colored cables for television viewing on a spacecraft

Apollo 11

Oct 20, 1969

first astronauts walking on the moon, commander Neil Armstrong and lunar module pilot Edwin (“Buzz”) Aldrin, Jr.,