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  1. Timeline of the Space Race. 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.

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  3. This infographic presents a timeline of space-related achievements by the U.S.S.R. and the U.S. between 1957 and 1969. A description of the timeline is below. On October 4, 1957, the U.S.S.R. launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite.

    • 2 August 1955: The USSR responds to the US announcement that they intend to launch the first artificial satellite into space with a satellite of their own.
    • 4 October 1957: The USSR successfully launches Sputnik 1, the first Earth-orbiting satellite in history.
    • 3 November 1957: The USSR successfully launches Sputnik 2, carrying a dog named Laika into space. They become the first nation to successfully send a living organism into orbit.
    • 31 January 1958: The US enter the space race by launching Explorer 1, the first US satellite to reach orbit. It carried experimental equipment that led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.
  4. Feb 22, 2010 · The Space Race refers to the period of competition over space exploration between the U.S. and the U.S.S.R. during the Cold War.

  5. www.nasa.gov › wp-content › uploadsRACE TO SPACE - NASA

    The “race to space” was initiated on October 4, 1957 with the successful launch by the Soviet Union of Sputnik I. Sputnik, the world's first artificial satellite, measured the size of a beach ball (58 cm or 22.8 inches in diameter), weighed only 83.6 kg (183.9 lbs), and orbited the Earth in 98 minutes on an elliptical path.

  6. en.wikipedia.org › wiki › Space_RaceSpace Race - Wikipedia

    The Space Race (Russian: Космическая гонка [kɐsˈmʲit͡ɕɪskəjə ˈɡonkə]) was a 20th-century competition between two Cold War rivals, the United States and the Soviet Union, to achieve superior spaceflight capability.

  7. Dec 20, 2023 · The Space Race is generally considered to have lasted from about 1957 to 1975, but the history of spaceflight began long before that. The space-race timeline. 11th century: Using a...

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