Apollo 11

NASA

Jul 29, 1958

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is founded

Luna 2

Sep 14, 1959

First prob to hit the moon

Vostok 1

Apr 12, 1960

first person in space:Yuri Gagarin

Mercury-Redstone 3

May 5, 1961

May 5,1961 first U.S. person in space : Alan Shepard

Mercury-Atlas 3

Feb 20, 1962

February 20, 1962 First person to orbit the earth: John Glenn

Vostok 6

Jun 19, 1963

First woman in space: Valentina Bykovsky

Gemini 4

Jun 3, 1965

James Mcdivitt and Edward White, First US person to walk in space

Apollo 1

Jan 27, 1967

Fire during testing kills three astonauts: Virgilo (Gus) Grissom, Edward White and Roger Chaffe

Apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

Apollo 11

Jul 16, 1969