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! Mission Name | ! Mission Name | ||
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|| | ||August 21, 1957 | ||
||[[Intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM) | ||[[Intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM) | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] [[Soviet space program|USSR]] | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] [[Soviet space program|USSR]] | ||
||[[R-7 Semyorka]] ''SS-6 Sapwood'' | ||[[R-7 Semyorka]] ''SS-6 Sapwood'' | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||October 4, 1957 | ||
||Artificial satellite (Earth's) | ||Artificial satellite (Earth's) | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Sputnik 1]] | ||[[Sputnik 1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||November 3, 1957 | ||
||Animal in orbit (dog) | ||Animal in orbit (dog) | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Sputnik 2]] | ||[[Sputnik 2]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||January 31, 1958 | ||
||Detection of [[Van Allen radiation belt|Van Allen belts]] | ||Detection of [[Van Allen radiation belt|Van Allen belts]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[Army Ballistic Missile Agency|USA-ABMA]] | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[Army Ballistic Missile Agency|USA-ABMA]] | ||
||[[Explorer I]] | ||[[Explorer I]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||December 18, 1958 | ||
||[[Communications satellite]] | ||[[Communications satellite]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-ABMA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-ABMA | ||
||[[Project SCORE]] | ||[[Project SCORE]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||January 4, 1959 | ||
||Artificial satellite (Sun's) | ||Artificial satellite (Sun's) | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Luna 1]] | ||[[Luna 1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||February 17, 1959 | ||
||[[Weather satellite]] | ||[[Weather satellite]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[NASA|USA-NASA]] ([[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]])<sup>1</sup> | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[NASA|USA-NASA]] ([[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]])<sup>1</sup> | ||
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||June 1959 | ||June 1959 | ||
||[[Reconnaissance satellite]] | ||[[Reconnaissance satellite]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[ | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[United States Air Force]] | ||
||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 4]] | ||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 4]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||August 7, 1959 | ||
||Photo of Earth from space | ||Photo of Earth from space | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Explorer 6]] | ||[[Explorer 6]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||September 14, 1959 | ||
||Probe to Moon | ||Probe to Moon | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Luna 2]] | ||[[Luna 2]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||October 7, 1959 | ||
||Photo of the far side of the Moon | ||Photo of the far side of the Moon | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Luna 3]] | ||[[Luna 3]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||April 12, 1961 | ||
||[[Yuri Gagarin|Human in orbit]] | ||[[Yuri Gagarin|Human in orbit]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Vostok 1]] | ||[[Vostok 1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||July 10, 1962 | ||
||First active [[communications satellite]] | ||First active [[communications satellite]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-AT&T | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-AT&T | ||
||[[Telstar]] | ||[[Telstar]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||September 29, 1962 | ||
||Artificial satellite by a non-superpower | ||Artificial satellite by a non-superpower | ||
||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada | ||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada | ||
||[[Alouette 1]] | ||[[Alouette 1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||June 16, 1963 | ||
||[[Valentina Tereshkova|Woman in orbit]] | ||[[Valentina Tereshkova|Woman in orbit]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Vostok 6]] | ||[[Vostok 6]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||March 18, 1965 | ||
||[[Extra-vehicular activity]] | ||[[Extra-vehicular activity]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Voskhod 2]] | ||[[Voskhod 2]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||December 15, 1965 | ||
||Orbital [[Space rendezvous|rendezvous]]² | ||Orbital [[Space rendezvous|rendezvous]]² | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Gemini 6A]]/[[Gemini 7]] | ||[[Gemini 6A]]/[[Gemini 7]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||March 1, 1966 | ||
||Probe lands on another planet - [[Venus]] | ||Probe lands on another planet - [[Venus]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Venera 3]] | ||[[Venera 3]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||March 16, 1966 | ||
||[[In-orbit rendezvous]] and docking | ||[[In-orbit rendezvous]] and docking | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Gemini VIII]] | ||[[Gemini VIII]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||December 24, 1968 | ||
||Manned Lunar orbit | ||Manned Lunar orbit | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Apollo 8]] | ||[[Apollo 8]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||July 20, 1969 | ||
||[[Neil Armstrong|Human on the Moon]] | ||[[Neil Armstrong|Human on the Moon]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Apollo 11]] | ||[[Apollo 11]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||April 23, 1971 | ||
||[[Space station]] | ||[[Space station]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR | ||
||[[Salyut 1]] | ||[[Salyut 1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||November 14, 1971 | ||
||Satellite orbits another planet - [[Mars]] | ||Satellite orbits another planet - [[Mars]] | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Mariner 9]] | ||[[Mariner 9]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||November 9, 1972 | ||
||[[Geostationary]] communications satellite | ||[[Geostationary]] communications satellite | ||
||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada-BCE | ||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada-BCE | ||
||[[Anik (satellite)|Anik A1]] | ||[[Anik (satellite)|Anik A1]] | ||
|- | |- | ||
|| | ||July 15, 1975 | ||
||First USA-USSR joint mission | ||First USA-USSR joint mission | ||
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA | ||
||[[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] | ||[[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]] | ||
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Latest revision as of 10:20, 10 February 2023
Timeline (1957-1975)
Date | Significance | Country | Mission Name |
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August 21, 1957 | Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) | USSR | R-7 Semyorka SS-6 Sapwood |
October 4, 1957 | Artificial satellite (Earth's) | USSR | Sputnik 1 |
November 3, 1957 | Animal in orbit (dog) | USSR | Sputnik 2 |
January 31, 1958 | Detection of Van Allen belts | USA-ABMA | Explorer I |
December 18, 1958 | Communications satellite | USA-ABMA | Project SCORE |
January 4, 1959 | Artificial satellite (Sun's) | USSR | Luna 1 |
February 17, 1959 | Weather satellite | USA-NASA (NRL)1 | Vanguard 2 |
June 1959 | Reconnaissance satellite | United States Air Force | Discoverer 4 |
August 7, 1959 | Photo of Earth from space | USA-NASA | Explorer 6 |
September 14, 1959 | Probe to Moon | USSR | Luna 2 |
October 7, 1959 | Photo of the far side of the Moon | USSR | Luna 3 |
April 12, 1961 | Human in orbit | USSR | Vostok 1 |
July 10, 1962 | First active communications satellite | USA-AT&T | Telstar |
September 29, 1962 | Artificial satellite by a non-superpower | Canada | Alouette 1 |
June 16, 1963 | Woman in orbit | USSR | Vostok 6 |
March 18, 1965 | Extra-vehicular activity | USSR | Voskhod 2 |
December 15, 1965 | Orbital rendezvous² | USA-NASA | Gemini 6A/Gemini 7 |
March 1, 1966 | Probe lands on another planet - Venus | USSR | Venera 3 |
March 16, 1966 | In-orbit rendezvous and docking | USA-NASA | Gemini VIII |
December 24, 1968 | Manned Lunar orbit | USA-NASA | Apollo 8 |
July 20, 1969 | Human on the Moon | USA-NASA | Apollo 11 |
April 23, 1971 | Space station | USSR | Salyut 1 |
November 14, 1971 | Satellite orbits another planet - Mars | USA-NASA | Mariner 9 |
November 9, 1972 | Geostationary communications satellite | Canada-BCE | Anik A1 |
July 15, 1975 | First USA-USSR joint mission | USSR USA-NASA | Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |