SpaceExploration By tre65 Oct 4, 1957 USSR launched Sputnik TheSpaceRace.com Period: Oct 4, 1957 to Jul 20, 1969 SpaceRace Nov 3, 1957 USSR launches Sputnik2 http://www.thespacerace.com/timeline/ Jan 31, 1958 America launched Explorer1 TheSpaceRace.com Oct 1, 1958 NASA was created TheSpaceRace.com Apr 12, 1961 USSR sent First Man into Space TheSpaceRace.com May 25, 1961 Moon Mission begins TheSpaceRace.com Sep 21, 1961 First American in space TheSpaceRace.com Jun 2, 1966 Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon TheSpaceRace.com May 27, 1968 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, the first man in space, dies in a plane crash. TheSpaceRace.com Jul 20, 1969 America made it to the moon SpaceExploration packet