Timeline

August 21, 1957

First ICBM (Soviet)

November 3, 1957

First dog in space (Soviet)

August 7,1959

First picture of Earth from space (U.S.)

June 16, 1963

First women in space (Soviet)

March 16, 1966

First spacecraft docking (U.S.)

December 2, 1971

First Mars landing (Soviet)

October 4, 1957

Suptnik 1 is launched (Soviet)

January 31, 1958

First U.S. satellite

April 12,1961

First human spaceflight (U.S.)

February 3, 1966

First soft landing on the moon (Soviet)

July 20, 1969

First humans on the moon (U.S.)

July 15, 1975

First multinational human-crewed mission (Soviet / U.S.)