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==Timeline (1957-1975)==
{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Date
! Significance
! Country
! Mission Name
|-
||[[August 21]] [[1957]]
||[[Intercontinental ballistic missile]] (ICBM)
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] [[Soviet space program|USSR]]
||[[R-7 Semyorka]] ''SS-6 Sapwood''
|-
||[[October 4]] [[1957]]
||Artificial satellite (Earth's)
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Sputnik 1]]
|-
||[[November 3]] [[1957]]
||Animal in orbit (dog)
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Sputnik 2]]
|-
||[[January 31]] [[1958]]
||Detection of [[Van Allen radiation belt|Van Allen belts]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[Army Ballistic Missile Agency|USA-ABMA]]
||[[Explorer I]]
|-
||[[December 18]] [[1958]]
||[[Communications satellite]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-ABMA
||[[Project SCORE]]
|-
||[[January 4]] [[1959]]
||Artificial satellite (Sun's)
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Luna 1]]
|-
||[[February 17]] [[1959]]
||[[Weather satellite]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[NASA|USA-NASA]] ([[U.S. Naval Research Laboratory|NRL]])<sup>1</sup>
||[[Vanguard 2]]
|-
||June 1959
||[[Reconnaissance satellite]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] [[U.S. Air Force|USA-Air Force]]
||[[Corona (satellite)|Discoverer 4]]
|-
||[[August 7]] [[1959]]
||Photo of Earth from space
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Explorer 6]]
|-
||[[September 14]] [[1959]]
||Probe to Moon
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Luna 2]]
|-
||[[October 7]] [[1959]]
||Photo of the far side of the Moon
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Luna 3]]
|-
||[[April 12]] [[1961]]
||[[Yuri Gagarin|Human in orbit]]
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Vostok 1]]
|-
||[[July 10]] [[1962]]
||First active [[communications satellite]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-AT&T
||[[Telstar]]
|-
||[[September 29]] [[1962]]
||Artificial satellite by a non-superpower
||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada
||[[Alouette 1]]
|-
||[[June 16]] [[1963]]
||[[Valentina Tereshkova|Woman in orbit]]
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Vostok 6]]
|-
||[[March 18]] [[1965]]
||[[Extra-vehicular activity]]
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Voskhod 2]]
|-
||[[December 15]] [[1965]]
||Orbital [[Space rendezvous|rendezvous]]²
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Gemini 6A]]/[[Gemini 7]]
|-
||[[March 1]] [[1966]]
||Probe lands on another planet - [[Venus]]
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Venera 3]]
|-
||[[March 16]] [[1966]]
||[[In-orbit rendezvous]] and docking
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Gemini VIII]]
|-
||[[December 24]] [[1968]]
||Manned Lunar orbit
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Apollo 8]]
|-
||[[July 20]] [[1969]]
||[[Neil Armstrong|Human on the Moon]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Apollo 11]]
|-
||[[April 23]] [[1971]]
||[[Space station]]
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR
||[[Salyut 1]]
|-
||[[November 14]] [[1971]]
||Satellite orbits another planet - [[Mars]]
||[[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Mariner 9]]
|-
||[[November 9]] [[1972]]
||[[Geostationary]] communications satellite
||[[Image:Flag of Canada.svg|20px|]] Canada-BCE
||[[Anik (satellite)|Anik A1]]
|-
||[[July 15]] [[1975]]
||First USA-USSR joint mission
||[[Image:Flag of the Soviet Union.svg|20px|]] USSR [[Image:Flag of the United States.svg|20px|]] USA-NASA
||[[Apollo-Soyuz Test Project]]
|}

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Timeline (1957-1975)

Date Significance Country Mission Name
August 21 1957 Intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR R-7 Semyorka SS-6 Sapwood
October 4 1957 Artificial satellite (Earth's) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Sputnik 1
November 3 1957 Animal in orbit (dog) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Sputnik 2
January 31 1958 Detection of Van Allen belts Flag of the United States.svg USA-ABMA Explorer I
December 18 1958 Communications satellite Flag of the United States.svg USA-ABMA Project SCORE
January 4 1959 Artificial satellite (Sun's) Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Luna 1
February 17 1959 Weather satellite Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA (NRL)1 Vanguard 2
June 1959 Reconnaissance satellite Flag of the United States.svg USA-Air Force Discoverer 4
August 7 1959 Photo of Earth from space Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Explorer 6
September 14 1959 Probe to Moon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Luna 2
October 7 1959 Photo of the far side of the Moon Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Luna 3
April 12 1961 Human in orbit Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Vostok 1
July 10 1962 First active communications satellite Flag of the United States.svg USA-AT&T Telstar
September 29 1962 Artificial satellite by a non-superpower Flag of Canada.svg Canada Alouette 1
June 16 1963 Woman in orbit Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Vostok 6
March 18 1965 Extra-vehicular activity Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Voskhod 2
December 15 1965 Orbital rendezvous² Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Gemini 6A/Gemini 7
March 1 1966 Probe lands on another planet - Venus Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Venera 3
March 16 1966 In-orbit rendezvous and docking Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Gemini VIII
December 24 1968 Manned Lunar orbit Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Apollo 8
July 20 1969 Human on the Moon Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Apollo 11
April 23 1971 Space station Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Salyut 1
November 14 1971 Satellite orbits another planet - Mars Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Mariner 9
November 9 1972 Geostationary communications satellite Flag of Canada.svg Canada-BCE Anik A1
July 15 1975 First USA-USSR joint mission Flag of the Soviet Union.svg USSR Flag of the United States.svg USA-NASA Apollo-Soyuz Test Project