The list[]
| Who | Event (mission) | Year |
|---|---|---|
| USSR | first intercontinental ballistic missile (R-7 Semyorka) | 1957 |
| USSR | first artificial satellite (Sputnik 1) | 1957 |
| USSR | first animal in orbit, Laika (Sputnik 2) | 1957 |
| USA | First photograph of Earth from orbit (Explorer 6). | 1959 |
| USA | Confirmed existence of the Van Allen radiation belt. (ABMA) Explorer 1 | 1958 |
| USSR | first human spaceflight, Yuri Gagarin(Vostok 1) | 1961 |
| UK\USA | First non USSR\USA satellite (Ariel 1) launched by a USA\USSR rocket | 1962 |
| USSR | first woman and first civilian in space, Valentina Tereshkova (Vostok 6) | 1963 |
| France | First non USA\USSR rocket and satellite launched together (Asterix). | 1965 |
| USSR | first spacewalk, Alexei Leonov (Voskhod 2) | 1965 |
| USSR | first lunar landing and lunar surface photos (Luna 9) | 1966 |
| USA | First orbital docking between two spacecraft (Gemini 8/Agena target vehicle) | 1966 |
| USA | first lunar human flyby (Apollo 8) | 1968 |
| French Guiana, France and the EU | first major non USA\USSR space center (Guiana Space Centre) | 1968 |
| USA | First humans on the Moon. First space launch from a celestial body other than the Earth.
First sample return from the Moon. (Apollo 11) |
1969 |
| USSR | first landing on another planet, Venus (Venera 7) | 1970 |
| USSR | first space ever space station (Salyut 1 (DOS-1)) | 1971 |
| France, Germany and the UK. | first major non-USA\USSR rocket family (Ariane (rocket family)) | 1973 |
| USA | Fist minor space station (Skylab) | 1973 |
| USA | First reusable crewed orbital spacecraft (The Space Shuttle) | 1981 |
| USSR | first major space station (Mir) | 1986 |