Space Race- NB7 By BootheN01 Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 Space raceThe launch of Sputnik l was important because it started the race and hurried America into seriously making thier own satilite. Jan 31, 1958 Explorer l first satilite to complete orbit. soviets Mar 17, 1958 the Vangaurd 1 satilite launchedand continued on for 3 years space May 15, 1958 Sputnik 3 was launched russian space :) Oct 11, 1958 Pioneer 1 launch NASA Jan 2, 1959 Luna 1 is launched by the USSR. nasa Mar 3, 1959 Pioneer 4 was launched towards the moon. nasa Sep 12, 1959 Luna 2 is launched national geographic Apr 1, 1960 Tiros 1 is launched nasa Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man to orbit the Earth once. russian archives
