The Space Race

By ktalwar
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    Space Race

  • First man in space

    Soviet Yuri Gagarin becomes first man in space

  • Second man in space

    American Alan Shepard becomes second man in space

  • Start of "Moon Race"

    US President John F. Kennedy addresses Congress, challenging the country to get to the moon by 1970.

  • A day in space

    Soviet Gherman Titov spends a day in space

  • Three orbits around Earth

    American John Glenn orbits the Earth three times

  • Six orbits around Earth

    American Walter Schirra orbits the Earth six times

  • Solar orbit

    American craft Mariner 2 enters solar orbit and flies past Venus

  • 34 hours in space

    American L. Gordon Cooper spends 34 hours in space

  • First woman in space

    Soviet Valentia Tereshkova becomes first woman in space

  • First spacewalk

    Soviet Alexei Leonov performs first spacewalk

  • Second spacewalk

    American Ed White performs second spacewalk

  • 2 weeks in space

    Americans Frank Borman and James Lovell start two-week stay in space

  • First space rendezvous

    Americans Walter Schirra and Thomas Stafford make the first space rendezvous

  • First soft-land on moon

    Soviet craft Luna 9 soft-lands on moon

  • First satellite to orbit moon

    Soviet craft Luna 10 orbits moon

  • Second soft-land on moon

    American craft Surveyor 1 soft-lands on moon

  • First picture of Earth from moon

    American craft Lunar Orbiter 1 captures first picture of Earth from moon's orbit

  • First men on moon

    Americans Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin become first men to walk on the moon