Important people
Missions
Events
Movie/Book References
Space Race
100
Who were these people?
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin
100
This was the first fly around of the moon
Luna 1
100
This was the first spacecraft to make impact on the moons surface
Luna 2
100
This 2018 film focuses on Neil Armstrong and the personal sacrifices behind the Apollo 11 mission
First Man
100
This was the first artificial satellite in space, starting the space race
Sputnik 1
200
This is a Soviet Union cosmonaut who was the first person to travel in space.
Yuri Gugarin
200
This mission helped scientists map the surface of the moon showing its craters and mountains to them.
Ranger
200
This event marked the first human orbit of the moon in US history
Apollo 8
200
This movie depicts the difficulties of leaving Earth to go to other places, also representing space travel.
Interstellar
200
This was the satellite that carried the first living creature in space, a dog named Laika
Sputnik 2
300
This person died in a cabin fire during a launch rehearsal before their launch on Earth
Ed White
300
This was the first successful mission to have humans walk the moon.
Apollo 11
300
This was the last A mission which included the first geologist ( Harrison Schmitt ) on the moon, finding orange soil.
Apollo 17
300
This 1998 TV show on HBO depicts the entire Apollo program and what it did.
From the Earth to the Moon
300
This person was the first cosmologist to perform a space walk.
Alexei Leonov
400
This person was an Italian reformer who made fundamental to astronomy, and the scientific revolution in 1609. Made the first telescope and used it for himself.
Galileo Galilei
400
This mission ended in a catasrophy, exploding in the atmosphere due to an)-ring failure in the cold weather down on Earth.
Space Shuttle Challenger
400
This rover was the first rover to ever be on the moon
Lunokhod 1
400
This is an alternate history series where the Space Race never ended, featuring extended lunar presence.
For All Mankind
400
This was the US first satellite in space, which helped discover the Van Allen radiation belts
Explorer 1
500
The only actual scientist ( geologist) to wal on the moon during Apollo 17, and helped astronauts discover the moons orange dust
Harrison Schmitt Former Astronaut Harrison Schmitt - NASA. (n.d.). https://www.nasa.gov/former-astronaut-harrison-schmitt/
500
This mission by China in 2019 was the first far-side landing of the moon
Chang'e 4 Jones, A. (2020, January 22). China releases huge batch of amazing Chang’e-4 images from moon’s far side. Space.com; Space. https://www.space.com/china-moon-far-side-lander-rover-photos-14th-lunar-day.html
500
This Indian space probe confirmed the first water molecules on the moon
Chandrayaan-1 NASA. (n.d.). Chandrayaan-1 / Moon Impact Probe - NASA Science. Science.nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/mission/chandrayaan-1/
500
Although about Mars, this movie depicts the challenges when on other planets or moons.
The Martian
NASA. (2025, January 29). Mars Exploration - NASA Science. Science.nasa.gov. https://science.nasa.gov/planetary-science/programs/mars-exploration/
500
In what time period did the Space Race occur?
During the Cold War
Smithsonian. (2023, October 26). The Space Race. National Air and Space Museum; Smithsonian. https://airandspace.si.edu/explore/stories/space-race