Space race

Space Race Timeline

By hannacol@stu.ntps.org
  • First Satellite USSR - Sputnik

    First Satellite USSR - Sputnik

    USSR launched the Sputnik to be the first to get a satellite in space
  • First Animal In Space USSR - Sputnik 2

    First Animal In Space USSR - Sputnik 2

    The animal was a dog named laika, and the mission was intended to study effects of space travel on living organisms.
  • First US satellite in space - Explorer 1

    First US satellite in space - Explorer 1

    Made the first Us scientific discovery in space by detecting the Van Radiation Belts
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    Created after the USSR launched Sputnik, President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronotics and Space Act
  • First chimp to perform tasks in space USA

    First chimp to perform tasks in space USA

    Ham was trained to push levers in response to lights and sounds to test his reactions to acceleration
  • First man in space USSR - Vostok 1

    First man in space USSR - Vostok 1

    The Soviet Yuri Gagarin completed one orbit of earth during an 108-minute flight
  • First Man in space USA - Freedom 7

    First Man in space USA - Freedom 7

    Alan Shepard piloted the spacecraft on a 15 minute suborbital flight
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon.

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon.

    He declared the goal of landing a man on the moon and getting him back to earth safely before the decade was out.
  • First man to orbit Earth USA - Friendship 7

    First man to orbit Earth USA - Friendship 7

    John H Glenn became the first American to orbit Earth
  • FIrst man to do an EVA USSR - Voskhod 2

    FIrst man to do an EVA USSR - Voskhod 2

    Alexei Leonov was the first man to do extra vehicular activity in space
  • First man to do EVA USA - Gemini 4

    First man to do EVA USA - Gemini 4

    Ed White spacewalked using a handheld oxygen-jet gun to maneuver around
  • First long-duration flight USA - Gemini 5

    First long-duration flight USA - Gemini 5

    Piloted by Gordon Copper and Pete Conrad set a new spaceflight endurance record
  • First crewed rendezvous USA - Gemini 6

    First crewed rendezvous USA - Gemini 6

    Piloted by Wally Schirra and Thomas P. Stafford, the spacecraft was intended to show station keeping techniques
  • Gemini 9 Crew tragedy

    Gemini 9 Crew tragedy

    Elliot See Jr. and Charles Basset II were killed when their Jet failed to land in poor weather.
  • First ever space docking USA - Gemini 8

    First ever space docking USA - Gemini 8

    Neil Armstrong and David Scott achieved the goal of docking in space with another spacecraft.
  • Apollo 1 Fire

    Apollo 1 Fire

    Members Gus Grissom, Edward H. White II, and Roger B. Chaffee were all killed in a cabin fire during a rehearshal test
  • Apollo 7

    Apollo 7

    Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight of the program.
    Walter M Schirra Jr. Donn F. Eisele, R. Walter cunningham
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    First crewed mission to travel to the Moon, orbit it 10 times, and land back on Earth.
    Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr. William Anders
  • Apollo 9

    Apollo 9

    First ever crewed flight and testing of the full Apollo spacecraft.
    James McDivitt, David Scott, Russel Schweickart
  • Apollo 10

    Apollo 10

    Was known for as the "dress rehearsal" for the moon landing.
    Thomas Stafford, John Young, Eugene Cernan
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    It was the first mission to land humans on the moon
    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin