Space Race

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Timeline of the Space Race
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The Space Race was an informal competition between the United States andthe Soviet Union that lasted roughly from 1957 to 1975. It involved the parallel efforts by each of those countries to explore outer space with artificial satellites, to send humans into space, and to landpeople on the Moon. Here is a timeline of key events in the Space Race.

A chart of selected space milestones as accomplished by the Soviet Union and the United States.
Date | Significance | Country| Mission Name |
August 21, 1957 | Intercontinental ballistic missile(ICBM) |  USSR | R-7 Semyorka SS-6 Sapwood |
October 4, 1957 | First artificial satellite |  USSR | Sputnik 1 |
November 3,1957 | First animal in orbit (Dog) |  USSR | Sputnik 2 |
January 31, 1958 | First US satellite; detection ofVan Allen belts |  USA-ABMA | Explorer 1 |
December 18, 1958 | First communicationssatellite |  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 |  USA-Air Force | Discover 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 | Photoof 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 |
September29, 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...