Events
US announces it will launch space satellitesUSSR announces it will launch space satellites, starting the space raceUSSR launches sputnik, the first artificial satelliteUSSR launches Laika the dog into space.The USA launches its first satellite, Explorer IUSA established the National Aeronautical Space Administration (NASA)USSR launched Luna 1, the first object to get close to the Moon.USA announces the Mercury 7 - a group of astronauts chosen as the first to go into space.USSR launches Luna 2, the first man-made object to reach the surface of the Moon.USSR launches Luna 3, which orbits the Moon and takes photos of the surfaceUSA launches Discovery XIV, the first spy satelliteSoviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space (Orbits the Earth).Alan Shepard becomes the first American in spacePresident Kennedy sets out the aim of landing a man on the Moon by the end of 1960s.US astronaut John Glenn orbits the Earth three timesUS Mariner 2 mission successfully flies past Venus, in the first successful interplanetary space mission.USSR astronaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space.Alexey Leonov undertakes the first space walk from Vaskhod 2.US astronaut Ed White undertakes the first American space walk.USSR Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.US Surveyor soft-lands on the Moon.US astronaut is killed when his parachute fails on re-entryApollo 8 is the first manned aircraft to orbit the Moon.Apollo 11's Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first men to walk on the Moon.USSR's Venera 7 soft-lands on Venus,First manned space station Salyut 1 launched.USSR Mars 3 Soft lands on MarsUSSR Soyuz and US Apollo spacecrafts dock, symbolically ending the space race.
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