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The Space Race

By fpavon
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    Space Race era

    anything before is pre- space race and anything after is post space race

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first man-made satellite which made one revolution every 90 minutes

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2, carrying Laika the dog, was launched by the USSR. Laika later died shortly after liftoff due to complications in the shuttle like overheating and stress

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    After two failed attempts the United States finally successfully launched their first Satellite, Explorer 1 into space

  • Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1
    Although communication was lost in 1964 it remains as the oldest Satellite that is still in space.

  • Luna 1

    Luna 1, the first human made satellite to orbit the moon, was launched by the USSR.

  • First space walk

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    The first space walk was conducted by Alexei A. Leonov for a duration of 12 minutes aboard the Soviet Vostok 2 .

  • First US space walk

    Edward White made the first U.S. space walk with a total time of 22 minutes aboard the Gemini 4.

  • Luna 9 landing

    Luna 9 landing
    Soviet Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon

  • Venera 3

    Soviet Venera 3, the first spacecraft to reach another planet, landed onto Venus but It failed to return data.

  • USSR Luna 10

    Soviet Luna 10 was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon.

  • First picture of earth from the moon

    First picture of earth from the moon
    Aug. 14, 1966 U.S. Lunar Orbiter 1 took the first picture of the Earth from the distance of the moon

  • Soyuz 1 crash

    Soyuz 1 crash
    Soviet Soyuz 1 crashed,the first human space flight fatality, killing Vladimir M. Komarov.

  • One giant leap for mankind

    One giant leap for mankind
    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin Jr. aboard Apollo 11 made the first staffed soft landing on the moon and the first moonwalk

  • 1st return of lunar soil samples

    Soviet Luna 16 was launched, which conducted the first successful return of lunar soil samples of an automatic spacecraft.

  • Apollo 14 mission launched

    Apollo 14 mission launched
    Apollo 14 moon mission was launched by the United States. The main purpose was to explore the moon and transport lunar material. Alan Shepard becomes the first person to hit a golf ball on the moon.