Arms and Space Race TImeline

The United States and Soviet Union

United States Arms Race

April 25, 1945

April 18, 1946

August 1, 1946

March 1, 1954

August 8, 1955

Soviet Union Arms Race

November 10, 1946

August 29, 1949

September 24, 1951

March 5, 1953

May 10, 1955

United States Space Race

March 17, 1958

February 17, 1959

February 28, 1959

August 7, 1959

April 1, 1960

Soviet Union Space Race

August 21, 1957

October 4, 1957

November 3, 1957

January 2, 1959

August 19, 1960