Timeline of the Space Race
- Timeline of the Space Race
The Space Race was an informal competition between the United States and the 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 land people on the Moon. Here is a timeline of key events in the Space Race.
1Project Vanguard transferred from the NRL to NASA immediately before launch.
2 The Soviet Union had attempted an earlier rendezvous on August 12, 1962. However, Vostok 3 and Vostok 4 only came within five kilometers of one another, and operated in different orbital planes. "Pravda" did not mention this information, but indicated that a rendezvous had taken place.
ee also
* List of space exploration milestones, 1957-1969
References
* [http://www.historyshots.com/space/timeline.cfm Timeline of the Space Race/Moon Race]
* [http://www.russianspaceweb.com/chronology_moon_race.html Chronology: Moon Race at russianspaceweb.com]
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