Key milestones of the US-Soviet space race, in the order they happened.
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- What was Sputnik 1?
- The first artificial satellite, launched by the Soviet Union in 1957
- Which animal first orbited Earth, and on what mission?
- A dog on Sputnik 2 in 1957
- What was Explorer 1?
- The first US satellite, launched in January 1958
- Who was the first human in space?
- Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 in 1961
- Who was the first American in space?
- Alan Shepard on Mercury-Redstone 3 in 1961
- Who was the first American to orbit Earth?
- John Glenn on Mercury-Atlas 6 in 1962
- Who was the first woman in space?
- Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6 in 1963
- Who performed the first spacewalk?
- Alexei Leonov on Voskhod 2 in 1965
- Who performed the first American spacewalk?
- Ed White on Gemini 4 in 1965
- What was the first crewed Gemini mission?
- Gemini 3 in March 1965
- Which two Gemini missions first achieved a spacecraft rendezvous?
- Gemini VI and VII in December 1965
- What was the first crewed spacecraft docking?
- Gemini VIII with an Agena target vehicle in March 1966
- What was Luna 9?
- The first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon, a Soviet achievement in 1966
- What was Surveyor 1?
- The first US spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon in June 1966
- What was Luna 3?
- The first spacecraft to photograph the far side of the Moon in 1959
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