space race timeline

laika the space dog

Sep 3, 1957

one of the first animals in space
https://www.britannica.com/topic/Laika

the sputnik 1 was launched

Oct 4, 1957

part of the soviet space program
https://www.nasa.gov/multimedia/imagegallery/image_feature_924.html

explorer 1 launched

Jan 31, 1958

first satelite launched by the US
https://www.jpl.nasa.gov/missions/explorer-1

gemini spacewalk

Apr 8, 1964

Gemini's objective was the development of space travel techniques to support the Apollo mission to land astronauts on the Moon.
https://www.britannica.com/science/Gemini-spacecraft-and-space-program

apollo 1 disaster

Feb 21, 1967

It was the first crewed mission of the United States Apollo program, the undertaking to land the first man on the Moon. All 3 men died.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo1.html

apollo 11 landing

Jul 16, 1969

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that first landed humans on the Moon.
https://www.nasa.gov/mission_pages/apollo/missions/apollo11.html