Space Race

Events

Open skies proprosed

July 25 1955

This is when the USA stated that it would begin work on scientific satellites.

Spuntik 1

October 4 1957

Explorer 1

January 31, 1958

Reaching for the moon

October 4 1959

Spy Photos

1960

Gagarin reaches space

April 12 1961

Cuban Missile Crisis

1962 - 1963

Manned Orbiting Laboratory

December 10, 1963

First Man on the Moon

july 20 1969

Space weapons

1974