CK12 Earth Science

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Table 23.1: Space Race Timeline

Date Accomplished Country Name of Mission


October 4, 1957 First artificial satel-
lite, first signals
from space

USSR Sputnik 1

November 3, 1957 First animal in orbit
(the dog Laika)


USSR Sputnik 2

January 31, 1958 USA’s first artificial
satellite


USA Explorer I

January 4, 1959 First human-made
object to orbit the
Sun


USSR Luna 1

September 13, 1959 First impact into
another planet or
moon (the Moon)


USSR Luna 2

April 12, 1961 First manned
spaceflight and
first manned orbital
flight (Yuri Gagarin)


USSR Vostok 1

May 5, 1961 USA’s first space-
flight with humans
(Alan Shepherd)


USA Mercury-Redstone 3
(Freedom 7)

February 20, 1962 USA’s first orbital
flight with humans
(John Glenn)


USA Mercury-Atlas 6
(Friendship 7)

December 14, 1962 First planetary flyby
(Venus)


USA Mariner 2

June 16, 1963 First woman in
space, first woman
in orbit (Valentina
Tereshkova)


USSR Vostok 6

March 18, 1965 First extra-vehicular
activity (“space-
walk”) (Aleksei
Leonov)


USSR Voskhod 2

February 3, 1966 First soft landing on
another planet or
moon (the Moon),
first photos from an-
other world


USSR Luna 9
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