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The Space Race
Did
you know?
The oldest man to walk
on the Moon was 47-year-
old Alan Shepard, who
commanded the
Apollo 14 Mission
Timeline
4 OCTOBER 1957 12 APRIL 1961 20 JULY 1969 23 APRIL 1971
Sputnik 1 becomes the The rst human in The Apollo Lunar The Soviet craft
rst arti cial satellite space, Yuri Gagarin, Module touches Salyut 1 becomes
to orbit the Earth. A makes a successful down on the Moon the rst human-
Soviet launch, it is 108-minute-long as NASA completes crewed space
shortly followed by ight around the arguably the most station. The
another USSR craft, Earth, becoming an important mission seventh and last
Sputnik 2, and then international icon of the entire Salyut station was
NASA’s Explorer I. when he lands. Space Race. replaced by Mir.
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