Syntethic Chronology

  • October 4th, 1957: the USSR orbit the first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1)
  • October 11th, 1957: the USA orbit their first artificial satellite (Pioneer 1)
  • November 3rd, 1957: the USSR carry into orbit the fist living being, a small dog called “Laika”, with the satellite Sputnik 2
  • April 12th, 1961: the Soviet cosmonaut Jurij Gagarin is the first man in space