Discovering the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Edition

Discovering the Moon: The Apollo 11 50th Anniversary Edition — page 9
Race to the moon October 4 1957 The U S S R launches Sputnik 1 the first artificial Earth satellite May 25 1961 President Kennedy calls for the U S to put a man on the moon before the end of the decade April 12 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space 16 July 31 1964 After 13 failed missions the U S has its first success with the Ranger 7 providing detailed photos of the moon’s surface