Space Race Timeline

Space Race Timeline, a chronological table of space explorations of the future.

Space History 1957
Oct. 4 -USSR launches Sputnik 1.

Nov. 3 -USSR launches Sputnik 2 which carried a small dog named Laika into orbit.

Space History 1958
Jan. 31 -Explorer 1, the first American satellite to reach orbit, is launched. It carried scientific equipment that lead to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt. Mar. 5 -Explorer 2 is launced but it fails to reach orbit.

Mar. 17 -The Vanguard 1 satellite is launched. It continues to function for 3 years. May 15 -Sputnik 3 is launched.

Oct. 1 -The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is formed, it replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA). Oct. 11 -Pioneer 1 is launched to a height of 70,700 miles.

Space History 2017

 * The United Nations Astronomical Administration founded.

Space History 2035

 * The discovery of Pegasus I.