Apollo 11

USSR's First Satelite

Oct 4, 1957

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 USSR launches Sputnik satellite.

US's First Satelite

Jan 1, 1958

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 US launches first satellite, Explorer.

Decision to Land a Man on the Moon

May 25, 1961

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 President John F. Kennedy annouced that there should be a man on the moon by the end of the nine-teen sixties.

First lunar landing for USA.

Jun 2, 1966

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 America’s Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon

Apollo 1 Explosion

Jan 28, 1967

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Tragedy struck on the launch pad during a preflight test for Apollo 204, scheduled to be the first Apollo manned mission. Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee were killed.

Apollo 11 Launch

Jul 16, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Apollo 11 launches off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and, Michael Collins on board.

Man on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Armstrong and Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon.

Armstrong Says Famous Words

Jul 20, 1969

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Apollo_11 Neil Armstrong says ,"One small step for man, one giant leep for mankind."