Space Race/Timelines

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A timeline (or several) relating to Space Race.

Timeline (1957-1975)

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