GRAHAM Space Race Timeline

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  • First Animal in Space by the USA

    First Animal in Space by the USA

    The USA sent fruit flies into space to test the effects of radiation at high altitudes
  • First Satellite in space by the USSR

    First Satellite in space by the USSR

    Sputnik one was successfully launched by the USSR, shocking the USA.
  • First Animal in space by the USSR

    First Animal in space by the USSR

    Sputnik Two was launched successfully by the USSR with a dog. the dog died on its fourth orbit, however.
  • First Satellite in space by USA

    First Satellite in space by USA

    Explorer one was launched by the USA, started the cold war and the space race between the USA and the USSR,
  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA

    The creation of NASA was so there would be a place responsible of overseeing the USA's space activities.
  • First Man in Space by the USSR

    First Man in Space by the USSR

    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first man in space on the Vostok 1.
  • First Man to Orbit the Earth from the USSR

    First Man to Orbit the Earth from the USSR

    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin orbited the Earth once during his time in space
  • First Man in Space by the USA

    First Man in Space by the USA

    Alan Shepard was the first American in space with his Freedom 7 capsule.
  • First Man to Orbit the Earth from the USA

    First Man to Orbit the Earth from the USA

    John Glenn was the first man from the USA that orbited Earth on Friendship 7
  • JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon

    JFK officially stated in his speech that they will get a man to the moon and get him back to earth alive.
  • First Man to perform an EVA from the USSR

    First Man to perform an EVA from the USSR

    Alexei Leonov successfully performed an EVA outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft.
  • Important Gemini Mission 1

    Important Gemini Mission 1

    In Gemini 3, Grissom and Young orbited the earth 3 times, tested out a new rocket, and made it out alive
  • First Man to perform an EVA from the USA

    First Man to perform an EVA from the USA

    Ed White became the first American astronaut to perform an EVA in space on Gemini IV
  • Important Gemini Mission 2

    Important Gemini Mission 2

    Gemini 6 and 7, mained by Schirra, Stafford, Borman, and Lovell rendevoused with each other successfully in the middle of space. Gemini 7 also survived two weeks in space.
  • Important Gemini Mission 3

    Important Gemini Mission 3

    Aldrin and Lovell successfully performed an EVA with Gemini 12

  • Apollo 1 Tragedy

    A flash fire broke out during a simulated launch, killing Gus Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee.
  • Launch of Apollo 7

    Launch of Apollo 7

    Apollo 7 was the first crewed Apollo mission with Wally Schirra, Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham.
  • Launch of Apollo 8

    Launch of Apollo 8

    Apollo 8 was the first crewed Apollo mission that left Earth low-orbit and the first mission to reach another astronomical object, the Moon.
  • launch of apollo 9

    launch of apollo 9

    Apollo 9 was the first flight of the full Apollo spacecraft
  • launch of apollo 10

    launch of apollo 10

    Apollo 10 tested all the components and procedures necessary for landing on the moon

  • launch of apollo 11

    Apollo 11 was the first spaceflight that landed humans on the moon