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Sputnik Arrives in Space
the Soviet two-stage R-7 carries Sputnik (later referred to as Sputnik 1), the first artificial satellite into orbit. -
1957 sputnik I
The first man-made object to leave the earth’s atmosphere is a satellite called ‘Sputnik I’. Sputnik was made by the Russians and communicated with them via radio signals. -
Luna 1 meets the moon
The first probe to come close to the moon was Luna 1, launched by the Soviet Union, she passes within about 3,700 miles of the moon and went into orbit around the sun. -
American satellite Explorer 1, was first successful satellite launched.
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Explorer 2
Explorer 2 is launched from a Jupiter-C Rocket but fails to reach Orbit -
Vanguard 1 was Launched
It became the first solar powered satellite. -
Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R. -
NASA announced that Wallops Station had made over 3,300 rocket firings since 1945.
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NASA created a committee to study problems of long-range lunar exploration to be headed by Dr. Robert Jastrow.
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June 8 1959 The first unpowered glide flight was flown
Scott Crossfield made the first unpowered glide flight in the joint X-15 hypersonic research program. -
First photograph of Earth from orbit
The Explorer 6 took the first photograph of Earth from orbit. -
First lunar landing
September 12, 1959 - Luna 2 is launched, impacting on the moon on September 13 carrying a copy of the Soviet coat of arms, and becoming the first man-made object to hit the moon. -
The very first successful weather satellite was launched by US
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First man in space
Yuri A. Gagarin was the first man in space -
Kennedy's Speech
On this date, John F Kennedy announced his intention of having the United States be the first nation to land people on the moon. -
First American to orbit Earth
John Glenn was the first American to orbit Earth. -
July 31, 1964 - U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon.
July 31, 1964 - U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon. -
Voskhod Mission
Voskhod was the first space capsul that held more than one person. The whole time spent in orbit was 24 hours. The list of names of people who went up are: Cosmonauts Vladimir M. Komarov, Konstantin P. Feoktistov, and Boris B. Yegorov. -
Gemini 3
Gemini 3 was actually the first Gemini mission that was piloted. Two astronauts known as Grissom and John Young altered the space shuttles path by using maneuvering rockets. -
Apollo 4 launched
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Apollo 5 lifts off
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Apollo 8 Launched
Apollo 8 was the first manned space flight to orbit another celestial object. -
John Glenn
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first trip to the moon
Apollo 11, july 16,1969 by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Micheal collins. -
When was the first trip to the moon
Apollo 11, July 16, 1969 by Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin and Michael Collins. -
Apollo 11
The Apollo 11 space flight landed the first humans on Earth's Moon on July 20, 1969. -
Apollo 11 lands back on Earth.
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SKy lab
the first american space station is launched -
Nixon authorized the space shuttle program
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The shuttle program was formally launched
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Mariner 10 took pics of Venus and Mercury
The American Mariner 10 was launched during the first dual-planet mission. It successfully took pictures of Venus and Mercury. -
in 1976 enterprise was the first space shuttle made
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First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars
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First flight for the space shuttle Enterprise.
First flight for the space shuttle Enterprise. -
Voyager 1 and 2 leave to go to jupiter and later saturn
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The maiden flight of Space Shuttle Columbia
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First shuttle to reach orbit
After years of testing Columbia was navigated by John Young and Robert Crippted, into space -
The NRO and NASA
Between 1982 and 1992, NASA launched 11 shuttle flights with classified payloads, honoring a deal that dated to 1969, when the National Reconnaissance Office—an organization so secret its name could not be published at the time—requested certain changes to the design of NASA’s new space transportation system. The NRO built and operated large, expensive reconnaissance satellites, and it wanted a bigger shuttle cargo bay than NASA had planned. -
first lunar eclipse
The first Lunar Eclipse was on 425 October 9, BCE. -
Challenger launches with Sally Ride, first American woman in space.
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The space shuttle "Atlantis" takes off on its very first mission.
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Challenger Disaster
The space shuttle Challenger breaks apart, killing the crew of 7 -
The mission of STS-27
The mission of STS-27 had been to deploy the first in a series of new spy satellites that used radar to observe ground targets, in any kind of weather, day or night. But shortly after the astronauts released the spacecraft, called ONYX, from the shuttle’s cargo bay, on December 2, 1988, one of its antenna dishes had failed to open. Without intervention by the crew, the billion-dollar satellite would become a hunk of space junk. As it turned out, they succeeded in grabbing, fixing,and releasing. -
Galileo Orbiter Launched.
The Galileo unmanned orbiter was launched by "Atlantis" during the STS-34 mission. -
Discovery deploys the Hubble telescope.
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Hubble Space Telescope Deployed
Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-31, deploying the Edwin P. Hubble Space Telescope -
Salyut 7
Salyut 7 from orbit and burns up over Argentina. -
Ulysses Flew near Jupiter on it's trip to the Sun
On it's way to the Sun, The Ulysses Spacecraft flew around Jupiter. -
Endeavour's First Mission
Space Shuttle Endeavour lifts off on its first mission, repairing the Intelsat VI satellite. Crew: Daniel C. Brandenstein, Kevin P. Chilton, Richard J. Hieb, Bruce E. Melnick, Pierre J. Thout, Kathryn C. Thornton, and Thomas D. Akers. -
First African American women in space.
Mae Jemison was the first African American woman to go up into space. -
First Russian on U.S. Shuttle Duty
Sergei Krikalev is the first Russian cosmonaut on a shuttle mission in the U.S.A. -
Asteroid XM1
A large astroid named XM1 passes within 65,000 miles from Earth -
First woman to pilot a space shuttle
Eileen M. Collins becomes the first woman to fly a Space Chuttle on mission STS-63. -
Galileo orbiter reaches Jupiter.
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Atlantis Touch-Down and Longest Female Atsronaut
Space Shuttle Atlantis touches down after mission STS-79. It brings back Shannon Lucid, who becomes the longest US astronaut in space, and the longest female astronaut in space. -
Nasa's new spacecraft Mapped Mars for 2 years in space.
The new Mars Global Surveyor was launched on November 7, 1996, and was in a Martian orbit mapping Mars until 1998. -
Columbia Longest shuttle flight in history-lasted 17 days.
Longest shuttle flight in history-lasted 17 days. -
Pathfinder on Mars!!
July 4, 1997 - Mars Pathfinder becomes the first probe to successfully land on Mars since Viking 2 in 1976. It is also the first planetary probe to include a separate roving robot probe (Sojourner) since the Soviet Union's Luna 21 in 1973. -
America's First Person to Orbit Earth
John Glenn is the first American in the shuttle, "Discovery" to orbit planet Earth. He is known as the oldest person to enter space. -
Stardust and the Comet
In 1999, NASA launched a probe called Stardust to visit Comet Wild 2. In 2004, Stardust passed near the comet and gathered samples from the cloud of dust and gas surrounding the comet apos's nucleus. Stardust was scheduled to return the samples to Earth in 2006. -
First crew of the ISS
The Expedition One crew is launched on a Soyuz transport to become the first crew of the ISS. -
NEAR Shoemaker Probe Landed on asteroid 433 Eros
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The first space shuttle was launched
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October 16, 2001
Galileo completes another flyby of Jupiter's moon Io, passing only 181 km from Io's south polar region. -
December 5, 2001
Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched carrying the Raffaello logistics module back to the ISS with new supplies. -
Colombia Disaster
The Colombia loses a piece of insulation, which lodges in the external tank, causing a failure of the thermal protection system. The shuttle burns, killing the crew inside. -
2003 Yang Liwei
After Russia and the USA, China launched their first manned spacecraft into orbit, Shenzhou V departed from the Gobi desert and had only one astronaut onboard,Yang Liwei, making him the first chinese astronaut. -
Spirit rover land in Mars
The spirit rover lands in mars, to a location known as the Gusev crater. Designed only to last three months, the rover has prove to be rough and the mission is continued for several years. -
History Record: the X-43A flew 10 times the speed of sound.
On November 16th 2004, Nasa's X-43A airplane used innovative scramjet technology to fly at ten times the speed of sound, setting a world's record for air-breathing aircraft.
