space race timeline

sputnik 1 launch

Oct 4, 1957

first satellite ever launched in the whole world.This created new political,military,and scientific development (russia)

Dog in space

Nov 3, 1957

largest animal sent to space but it died with no gear and within hours
this dog's name was laika

first us satellite sucessfully launched

Jan 31, 1958

explorer 1 was the first satellite successflly launched by the us and they finally did the first thing russia did. send a satellite.

NASA founded

Oct 1, 1958

This was the advance in technology for the us giving them a chance to beat russia in the space race

monkey in space

May 28, 1959

first animal to go to space and return alive besides fruit flies.this also proved humans could survive in space with the right gear.(us)

first man to orbit earth

Apr 12, 1961

This made russia serperior in the space race but this led to the us having time to land on the moon. yuri gagarin was this person

first us man in space

May 5, 1961

alan shepard was the first us man in space.he caught the us up to russia

First us man to orbit earth

Feb 20, 1962

john glenn was the first man to orbit earth and made the us cathch up in that part of the space race

first woman in space

Jun 16, 1963

valentina teteshkova was the first woman in space and was on the russian side

first spacewalk

Oct 12, 1964

the first space walk was by the russians and the russians are going to win on this track.

first us spacewalk

Jun 3, 1965

ed white took the first us space walk. this was a really cool accomplishment

gemini 7

Dec 15, 1965

the us was catching up with gemini 7 and there were 2 passengers

apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

apollo 8 was a mission that caugt up the us once and for all

first man on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

Apollo 11 was the first crew on the moon and neil armstrong was the first to step out of the shuttle.