20 Feb 1962, Jonh Glenn, first to orbit Earth.

By Ashley_Betts:P

  • First man made satilite

  • First sucessful weather satalite

  • John Glenn, first to orbit Earth

  • Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times

  • First sucessful close pic of the moon

  • First space walk

  • Venera 4 sends a descent capsule into the Venusian atmosphere, returning data about its composition.

  • Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11.

  • Smoke alarm envented