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|
USA |
Soviets |
|
1957 |
|
Sputnik 1
(Oct 4) |
| Sputnik 2
(Nov 3) |
|
1958 |
Explorer 1
(Jan 31) |
Sputnik 3 (May 15) |
| Explorer 2
(Mar 5) |
| Vanguard 1
(Mar 17) |
| NASA forms
(Oct 1) |
| Pioneer 1
(Oct 11) |
|
1959
|
Pioneer 4
(Mar 3) |
Luna 1
(Jan 2)
|
| "Mercury 7"
(Apr 2) |
Luna 2
(Sep 12)
|
| Explorer 6
(Aug 7) |
Luna 3
(Oct 4)
|
|
1960 |
Discover 14 (Aug 18)
|
Sputnik 5
(Aug 19) |
| Midas
2 (Sep 6) |
|
1961 |
1st
American to Orbit Earth
(Feb 20) |
Sputnik 8 and
Venera 1 (Feb 12) |
| Ranger 4
(Apr 26)
|
1st Man
in Space (Apr 12) |
| 2nd
American to Orbit Earth
(May 24)
|
Vostok
2 (Aug 6) |
|
1962 |
1st
American to Orbit Earth
(Feb 20)
|
1st
Rendezvous Attempt (Aug 12)
|
| Ranger 4
(Apr 26)
|
| 2nd American to
Orbit Earth (May 24)
|
| Gemini Project
Announced (Sep 17)
|
Sputnik 22 (Nov 4) |
| 3rd
Astronaut in Space (Oct 3)
|
|
Mariner 2 (Dec 14)
|
|
1963 |
Last
Mercury Mission (May 15)
|
First
Woman in Space (June 16) |
|
1964 |
Ranger
7 (Jul 31)
|
Voskhod 1
(Oct 12)
|
|
Mariner 4 (Nov 28)
|
|
1965
|
First Gemini
Mission (Mar 23)
|
First
Spacewalk (Mar 18) |
| America’s First
Spacewalk (Jun 3)
|
| Gemini 5
(Aug 21)
|
| Gemini 7
(Dec 4)
|
Venera
3 (Nov 16) |
| 1st Successful
Space Rendezvous (Dec 15)
|
| Pioneer 6
(Dec 16)
|
|
1966 |
Gemini 8
(Mar 16)
|
Luna 9
(Feb 3) |
| Surveyor 1
(Jun 2)
|
| Lunar Orbiter 1
(Aug 14)
|
Luna
10 (Apr 3) |
| Gemini 11(Sep
12) |
| Gemini 2
(Nov 11)
|
Luna 13
(Dec 21) |
|
1967
|
Apollo 1
(Jan 27)
|
Soyuz
1 (Apr 24) |
| Surveyor 3
(Apr 19)
|
| Lunar Orbiter 4
(May 4)
|
| Surveyor 5
(Sep 10)
|
| Mariner 5
(Oct 19)
|
Venera
4 (Oct 18) |
| Surveyor 6
(Nov 9)
|
|
1968 |
Surveyor 7
(Jan 9)
|
Zond 5
(Sep 18) |
| Apollo 7
(Oct 11)
|
| Apollo 8
(Dec 21)
|
Soyuz 2 & 3
(Oct 28) |
|
1969 |
Apollo 9
(Mar 3)
|
Soyuz
4 & 5 (Jan 16) |
| Apollo 10
(May 18)
|
| Apollo 11
(Jul 20)
|
| Apollo 12
(Nov 19)
|
|
1970 |
Apollo 13
(Apr 11) |
Luna
16 & 17 (Sep 12 & Nov 10)
|
| Venera 7
(Oct 18)
|
|
1971 |
Apollo 14
(Jan 31)
|
Soyuz 10 & Salyut
1 (Apr 23) |
| Apollo
15 (Jul 26) |
Soyuz
11 (Jun 6) |
|
Mariner 9
(Nov 13) |
Mars 2
(Nov 27) |
| Mars 3
(Dec 2) |
|
1972 |
Pioneer 10
(Mar 2)
|
Venera
8 (Jan 31) |
| Apollo
16 (Apr 16)
|
| LANDSAT 1
(Jul 23)
|
Luna
20 (Feb 14) |
| Apollo 17
(Dec 7)
|
|
1973 |
Skylab 1
(May 25)
|
c
(May 25) |
| Skylab 2
(Jul 29)
|
| Skylab 3
(Nov 16)
|
|
1974
|
Mariner 10 (Mar 29) |
Soyuz
14, 15 & 16 (Jul 3, Aug 26,
Dec 2) |
|
1975
|
|
Venera
9 & 10 |
|
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
(Jul 15)
|
|
1976 |
Viking
1 & 2 (Mar 29) |
Soyuz
21, 22 & 23 |
|
1977 |
Enterprise Space Shuttle
(Feb 18) |
Soyuz 24 & 26 |
|
Voyager 1 & 2 (Aug 20 &
Sept 5)
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