Timeline
A timline showing what happened and when during the space race.
☭ - October 4, 1957
The Sputnik satalite is launched by the soviet union.
☭ - November 3, 1957
The first dog is launched into space aboard the sputnik 2.
☭ - April 12, 1961
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space.
🇺🇸 - May 5, 1961
Alan Shepard becomes the first American and sceond human in space.
🇺🇸 - July 20, 1969
The U.S. lands the first person on the moon.
🇺🇸 - Aug. 20 & Sept. 5, 1977
The Voyager 1 and 2 are launched.
🇺🇸 - February 22, 1978
The first GPS satalite Navstar 1 is launched.
🇺🇸 - April 24, 1990
Hubble Telescope is launched.