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Timeline (1957-1975)
Date | Significance | Country | Mission Name |
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August 21, 1957 | Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) | ![]() |
R-7 Semyorka SS-6 Sapwood |
October 4, 1957 | Artificial satellite (Earth's) | ![]() |
Sputnik 1 |
November 3, 1957 | Animal in orbit (dog) | ![]() |
Sputnik 2 |
January 31, 1958 | Detection of Van Allen belts | ![]() |
Explorer I |
December 18, 1958 | Communications satellite | ![]() |
Project SCORE |
January 4, 1959 | Artificial satellite (Sun's) | ![]() |
Luna 1 |
February 17, 1959 | Weather satellite | ![]() |
Vanguard 2 |
June 1959 | Reconnaissance satellite | ![]() |
Discoverer 4 |
August 7, 1959 | Photo of Earth from space | ![]() |
Explorer 6 |
September 14, 1959 | Probe to Moon | ![]() |
Luna 2 |
October 7, 1959 | Photo of the far side of the Moon | ![]() |
Luna 3 |
April 12, 1961 | Human in orbit | ![]() |
Vostok 1 |
July 10, 1962 | First active communications satellite | ![]() |
Telstar |
September 29, 1962 | Artificial satellite by a non-superpower | ![]() |
Alouette 1 |
June 16, 1963 | Woman in orbit | ![]() |
Vostok 6 |
March 18, 1965 | Extra-vehicular activity | ![]() |
Voskhod 2 |
December 15, 1965 | Orbital rendezvous² | ![]() |
Gemini 6A/Gemini 7 |
March 1, 1966 | Probe lands on another planet - Venus | ![]() |
Venera 3 |
March 16, 1966 | In-orbit rendezvous and docking | ![]() |
Gemini VIII |
December 24, 1968 | Manned Lunar orbit | ![]() |
Apollo 8 |
July 20, 1969 | Human on the Moon | ![]() |
Apollo 11 |
April 23, 1971 | Space station | ![]() |
Salyut 1 |
November 14, 1971 | Satellite orbits another planet - Mars | ![]() |
Mariner 9 |
November 9, 1972 | Geostationary communications satellite | ![]() |
Anik A1 |
July 15, 1975 | First USA-USSR joint mission | ![]() ![]() |
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project |