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This is a timeline of achievements in Soviet and United States spaceflight, spanning the Cold War era of nationalistic competition known as the Space Race.. This list is limited to first achievements by the USSR and USA which were important during the Space Race in terms of public perception and/or technical innovation.
Lists of space exploration milestones, 1957–1969. ... Timeline of the Space Race; Timeline of space exploration This page was last edited on 25 February 2024, at 09
The Soviet Union took the lead in the post-war Space Race, launching the first satellite, [1] the first animal, [2]: 155 the first human [3] and the first woman [4] into orbit. The United States landed the first men on the Moon in 1969. Through the late 20th century, France, the United Kingdom, Japan, and China were also working on projects to ...
15 January 1969 Soyuz 5: 17 January 1969 Soyuz 4: First crew transfer between space vehicles. First docking of two crewed spacecraft. Boris Volynov (1) 18 January 1969 Soyuz 5: 33 James McDivitt (2) David Scott (2) Rusty Schweickart: 3 March 1969 Apollo 9: 13 March 1969 Apollo 9: Tested Lunar Module in low Earth orbit. 34 Thomas P. Stafford (3 ...
Aldrin said many people assume the famous photo from 1969 was posed because it manages to capture both moonwalkers and the lander. ... Astronaut Scott Kelly spends nearly a year in space. Show ...
This is a timeline of Solar System exploration ordering events in the exploration of the Solar System by date of spacecraft launch. It includes: It includes: All spacecraft that have left Earth orbit for the purposes of Solar System exploration (or were launched with that intention but failed), including lunar probes .
Timeline of artificial satellites and space probes; C. ... Lists of space exploration milestones, 1957–1969; ... Timeline of the Space Race;
Due to its large size, the timeline has been split into smaller articles, one for each year since 1951. There is a separate list for all flights that occurred before 1951. The list for the year 2025 and for its subsequent years may contain planned launches, but the statistics will only include past launches.