Important dates in space exploration

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  • Earth satellite, Sputnik 1

    Earth satellite, Sputnik 1
    The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union

  • first animal launched into space

    first animal launched into space
    dog Laika aboard Sputnik 2

  • Luna 2

    Luna 2
    first spacecraft to hard-land on another celestial object (the Moon)

  • Luna 3

    Luna 3
    first pictures of the far side of the Moon

  • Yury Gagarin on Vostok 1

    Yury Gagarin on Vostok 1
    First human to orbit Earth

  • Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6

    Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6
    first woman in space

  • first space walk

    first space walk
    Aleksey Leonov on Voskhod 2

  • first death during a space mission

    first death during a space mission
    Vladimir Komarov on Soyuz 1

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    American astronauts walked on the surface of the Moon.

  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10
    first spacecraft to fly by Jupiter