Astronaute

A timeline of Space Exploration

By Emilien y Maxime

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The small Soviet satellite Sputnik 1 who becomes the first object orbited by man.

  • Laika the dog

    Laika the dog
    The Russian dog Laika who is the first living animal to orbit in space.

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    America enters the race for space conquest by orbiting it's first Explorer 1 satellite.

  • Creation of NASA

    Creation of NASA
    Creation of NASA, the space agency of the United States.

  • The first man sent into space

    The first man sent into space
    First human who was sent into space for an orbital flight, the Russian Yuri Gagarin, during the Vostok 1 mission.

  • The First American Man in space

    The First American Man in space
    Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space during the Mercury-Redstone 3 mission.

  • First woman in space

    First woman in space
    First woman in space, Valentina Tereshkova.

  • First time that a crew escapes from Earth Orbit

    First time that a crew escapes from Earth Orbit
    First time that a crew escapes from Earth orbit, and goes into lunar orbit. Apollo 8

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    First steps of Man on the Moon during the Apollo 11 mission, performed by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin.

  • First space station

    First space station
    Launch of the first manned space station, Salyut-1 by the Soviet Union.

  • First American Space Station.

    First American Space Station.
    Launch of the American Skylab space station. The United States becomes the second to have a space station in autonomy.

  • Hubble

    Hubble
    Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope, who holding the record for longevity for a space telescope in 2022.

  • First Martian rover

    First Martian rover
    First Martian rover.
    The Mars Pathfinder probe lands on Mars, releasing the mobile robot Sojourner.

  • Creation of ISS

    Creation of ISS
    The first module of the International Space Station (ISS) is in place. This is Zarya, a Russian module.

  • First manned space flight operated by a private company.

    First manned space flight operated by a private company.
    The private company SpaceX sends, by means of their Falcon 9 rocket and their Crew Dragon capsule

  • Artemis 1

    Artemis 1
    Artemis 1 is the first mission of the Artemis program, the objective of this program is to return to the lunar surface and eventually maintain a more or less continuous human presence there.