space race timeline austin

1st man-made object to touch space

1942

On October 3,1942 the Nazis launched the V-2 rocket. it went faster than 3500 MPH, and shot upward for 60 miles.It became the first man-made object to reach the edge of space.

Soviet union and Nazi ended war

1945

soviet union and Nazis formed and allegiance and ended the war

first orbit circling device

1957

soviets launched it and called it Sputnik, it went 18000 miles per hour and circles earth every 92 minutes.

first moon orbit

1968

the astronauts of Apollo 8 became the first humans to orbit the moon.

first humans on moon

1969

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin became first humans to step foot on moon.

first footprint on moon

1969

Buzz Aldrin made the first ever footprint on the moon.

first moon rocks

1971

first ever moon rocks taken from space and taken to a lab.

president Nixon signed agreement

1972

the agreement was an "Agreement Concerning Cooperation in the Exploration and Use of Outer Space for Peaceful Purposes.

end of space race

1975

Some Americans and Soviet unions shook hands on the moon and declared the space race over.

first woman in space

2003

exactly what the title says