Events
First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile is fired.
This marks the beginning of the space race, as
it is the first successful long range rocket to be fired.Sputnik 1 is launched into orbit, it is the first
satellite in space.Explorer 1-ABMA is launched, it is the first
US Satalite to reach orbit.Luna 2 is successfully launched, and is the first
projectile to impact the moonSputnik 5 is successfully recovered from orbit,
making its passangeres the first living things
to return from spaceYuri Gagarin is the first human in space, aboard
Vostok 1Alan Shepard becomes the first human to return
from space in craft he took off in aboard
Freedom 7First successful communications satellite launched,
Telstar-AT&TValentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman
in space, as well as the first civilian in space,
aboard Vostok 6First "Extra-Vehicular Activity" or a spacewalk
this is an important moment in the space race,
as exiting the craft in space is necessary for a
moon landing. (Conducted on Voskhod 2)First soft landing on the moon (Luna 9 is not
destroyed on impact)The Apollo 11 crew become the first humans to
land on the moonSalyut 1 is the first manned space station
launchedFirst lunar rover pioloted by humans is launched
from Apollo 15 on the moonThe Apollo–Soyuz Test Project is first space
mission involving US and USSR efforts
is launched, effectively ending the space race
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