The Space Race By Challenger Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 First Satellite in space. Period: Oct 4, 1957 to Jul 8, 2011 Space Race Jan 31, 1958 Explorer 1 First American satellite Jul 29, 1958 Formation of NASA. American space program Apr 12, 1961 Vostok 1,First Man in space May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard.Freedom 7.First American Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn,Friengship 7.First American orbit Jun 16, 1963 First woman in space Mar 18, 1965 First spacewalk Jun 3, 1965 First American Spacewalk Jan 27, 1967 Apollo 1,Tragic Fire Apr 23, 1967 Soyuz 1 crash Oct 11, 1968 Apollo 7,First Apollo Success Dec 21, 1968 Saturn V/Apollo 8,First moonshot Jul 20, 1969 First manned moon landing,Apollo 11 Dec 7, 1972 Moon Program ends,Apollo 17 Apr 12, 1981 Space Shuttle program starts Nov 20, 1998 ISS Jul 8, 2011 Shuttle program ends
