Space race
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Updated: 13 Dec 2017
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Created byManuel Reyes
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Sputnik 1-USSR launched first satelliteSputnik 2-USSR sent a dog to spaceAlexei Leonov-performed first spacewalk (USSR)Luna 9-first soft landing on moon (USSR)Venera 3 probe- first spacecraft to hit Venus (USSR)Apollo–Soyuz Test Project (ASTP)-American Apollo 18 and Soviet Soyuz 19 docked.Venera 4-launched by USSR and gave information on the atmosphere of VenusApollo 8-Launched by the USA and was the first staffed spacecraft to orbit the moonNeil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon (USA)Lunokhod 1-first robot on the moon, launched on the Luna 17 (USSR)Alan Shepard became the first person to hit a golf ball on the moonPioneer 10-first spacecraft to leave the solar system (USA)Skylab-the USA's first space stationSoviet Salyut 3-the Soviet Union's first military space stationVanguard-USA satellite failureExplorer 1 Satellite-First American satellite to reach space (USA)Explorer 2-launched but failed to reach space (USA)Vanguard 1- oldest man-made satellite still in orbit even though its lost communication (USA)Sputnik 3- launched by USSR and was succsesfulNational Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) was establishedNASA publicly announces manned space programLuna 1- launched by USSR at the moon but missed and became the first atificial object to leave Earths atmosphereDiscover 1-Launched by the USA, the first spy satellite but it was unsuccessfulLuna 2-launched by USSR and is the first to hit the moonLuna 3-launched by USSR and it orbit the moon taking pictures of 70% of itTiros 1-first weather satellite and was launched by USAR-16 ICBM -a Mars probe that exploded during preparations (USSR)Vostok 1-launched by USSR and put Yuri Gagarin into space, first man in spaceAlan B Shepard becomes first American in spaceSaturn 1-launched by the USA and was the initial rocket for the Apollo missionTelecast 1- launched by the USA and was the first to beam a transatlantic telecastMariner 2-launched by the USA and flies past Venus and enters a solar orbitValentina Tereshkova-First woman to go to space (USSR)
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