1. The Space Race The Cold War in Orbit 1957-75

2. Origins of the Space Race Robert Goddard, US, 1926 First successful liquid fuel rocket launch. Vergeltungswaffe (Vengeance Weapon) V-2

3. Sputnik - Early Soviet Superiority Sputnik 1, October 4, 1957 Sputnik 2, November 3, 1957 Laika

4. Sputnik Mania Explorer 1, January 31, 1958

5. Humans in Space Alan Shepard, May 5, 1961 Yuri Gagarin, April 12, 1961

6. Humans in Space Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space, June 16, 1963 John Glenn, First Human to Orbit Earth, February 20, 1962

7. To The Moon September 12, 1961: President Kennedy challenges nation to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade Luna 2, Reaches moon on September 14, 1959

8. Apollo Program Apollo 11 Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins and Buzz Aldrin First Moon Landing, July 20, 1969

9. Other Planets Venus Mariner 2 December 14, 1962 Venera 3 March 1, 1966 Mars Mariner 4 July 1965 Mars 2 & 3 1971-72

10. Détente in Space July 15, 1975: Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 dock in Earth’s orbit.