NASA By WEIXIAOWANG 1958 NASA is formed 1962 John Glenn is the first american to orbit Earth 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first two people to walk on the Moon 1973 USA sends the first space station , Skylab , into the orbit 1976 Viking I , is the first spacecraft to land on Mars 1981 The U.S. space shuttle Columbia is launched and that it's the first reusable spacecraft 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space. 1990 Hubble , the world's first space telescope is placed in orbit. 2000 The International Space Station receives its first crew 2004 The Spirit and Opportunity rovers land on Mars and send back the clearest pictures yet of the planet
