Space Race Milestones Timeline Manuscript Infographic

Historical timeline infographic titled "Space Race Milestones" featuring a dominant HORIZONTAL timeline ribbon across an illuminated manuscript parchment page, with ornate inked borders, compass roses, celestial marginalia, and textbook-clear visual hierarchy. Despite the early modern illuminated manuscript aesthetic, the content must remain historically accurate to the 20th-century Space Race. Mark 7 key milestone events along the ribbon, each with a precise date in Arabic numerals, a short heading IN English, a one-line caption IN English, and a clear visual cue: 1) "1957-10-04" — "Sputnik 1" — "First artificial satellite enters Earth orbit." — visual cue: small beeping satellite with signal lines; 2) "1961-04-12" — "Vostok 1" — "Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space." — visual cue: cosmonaut helmet and orbital arc; 3) "1962-02-20" — "Friendship 7" — "John Glenn completes the first American orbital flight." — visual cue: Mercury capsule and star chart; 4) "1965-03-18" — "Voskhod 2" — "Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk." — visual cue: tethered astronaut beside capsule; 5) "1968-12-24" — "Apollo 8" — "First crewed mission to orbit the Moon." — visual cue: crescent Moon, command module, Earthrise motif; 6) "1969-07-20" — "Apollo 11" — "First human landing on the Moon." — visual cue: lunar module, boot print, planted mission marker without national flag; 7) "1975-07-17" — "Apollo-Soyuz" — "American and Soviet spacecraft dock in orbit." — visual cue: two joined spacecraft and handshake medallion. Overlay a macro structure adapted for this technological rivalry: "Origins → First Orbit → Human Spaceflight → Lunar Race → Cooperation" as labeled bands above or below the timeline. Include a small map element relevant to launch geography and reach, labeled "Major Launch Sites" and showing simplified positions of "Baikonur Cosmodrome", "Cape Canaveral", and a small inset labeled "Moon Mission Route" with Earth-to-Moon trajectory at peak lunar exploration. Name 3 key figures with dates and exact rendered names: "Sergei Korolev (1907-1966)", "Yuri Gagarin (1934-1968)", "Neil Armstrong (1930-2012)". Add small portrait medallions or cameo miniatures for these figures in manuscript style. Visual style: illuminated manuscript, parchment & ink palette, sepia vellum background, iron-gall black linework, muted lapis and cinnabar accents, gold-leaf highlights used sparingly on milestones, elegant but sharp readable English lettering, editorial historical illustration, textbook-grade clarity, period-appropriate imagery, vector-clean lines. Neutral tone, no propaganda framing, no gore, no hate symbols, no modern flags. All text MUST be written in English (array). Every heading, label, caption, legend and metric name in the image must be in English — not English. Spell each English word correctly using English characters and diacritics. Numbers stay as digits, no watermarks Render dates in Arabic numerals. Avoid graphic battlefield gore, no real death photos, no flags or symbols of hate movements. For contested historical narratives, present neutrally — no propaganda framing, no glorification of atrocities. Period-appropriate but tasteful.