Space Race Timeline- Ben LeDoux

First Animal In Space- USA

Feb 20, 1947

The first living thing sent to space by the USA wasn't a human it was actually a Monkey name Albert.

Sputnik 1- USSR

Oct 4, 1957

First manmade satellite put into Earth's orbit

First Animal In Space- USSR

Nov 3, 1957

The USSR followed up the USA by putting another pet into space being a dog named Laika.

Explorer 1- USA

Jan 31, 1958

Sent first US satellite into orbit

NASA Formed- USA

Jul 29, 1958

Congress passes legislation to create a space program "NASA" in response to the USSR launching Sputnik

First Man in Space- USSR

Apr 12, 1961

The Soviet Union puts the first man in space named Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin

First Man in Space- USA

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepherd rides Freedom 7 into the first American orbit.

First Man to Orbit the Earth- USSR

May 12, 1961

Yuri Strikes again with the first round trip of the earth

JFK say's that we'll get the the moon- USA

May 25, 1961

The USA will get a man on the moon within the decade

First Man to Orbit the Earth- USA

Feb 20, 1962

John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth.

First EVA- USSR

Mar 18, 1965

Alexei Leonov becomes first man to do an in space EVA

First EVA- USA

Jun 3, 1965

Ed White becomes the first American to do an in space EVA

Gemini- USA

Dec 15, 1965

Mission accomplished an in space rendezvous

Gemini 9- USA

Jun 3, 1966

Elliot See and Charles Basset unfortunately lost their lives in a jet training crash

Apollo 1- USA

Jan 27, 1967

Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were suffocated to death after a fire broke loose aboard Apollo 1 during launch.

Apollo 7-11- USA

Period: Oct 11, 1968 to Jul 16, 1969

Apollo missions 7-10 all did tests on the final upcoming mission to land Apollo 11 on the moon. With Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin becoming the first people to step foot on the moon.