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The First Satellite
Sputnik was launched by the Soviet Union succesfully. -
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Race to Space
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First Animal in Space
The Soviet Union launches a female dog into space on Sputnik II. Her name is Laika, which means "barker" in Russian. She lives for seven days, proving that animals (and presumably humans) can survive in space. There is no way to bring her back alive, so Laika is put to sleep. Sputnik II falls to Earth in April of the next year. -
Seven Pioneers
President Eisenhower declaring we should chose seven pioneers to venture the moon. -
The Seven Chosen
The seven chosen were all trained and prepared to embark on a vast and mysterous journey through space. -
U.S.A Orbits
Glenn boards the freindship 7 and succesfully gets in earths orbit but has trouble with the freindship 7's heat shield. -
Glenn Returns
Glenn nearly drowns returning to earth but succesfully went in the earths orbit. -
First Human in Space
The Soviet Union sent the first human to space. They sent Yuri in a full orbit around earth taking 108 minutes. -
Russia Winning?
Between 1963-1965 the soviets sent the first woman and 3 person group to travel to space but kennedy and America are still confident tha they will beat the russians at the space race -
First Women in space
The Soviets launch Valentina Tereshkova on Vostok 6. She spends three days alone in space. -
Glenn Retires
Glenn soon realizes that he wont be taking another flight in nasa so he retires. -
First Moon Walk
9:30p.m. Neill Armstrong takes the first step onto the moon and plants the American flag on the moon with Buzz. -
The Halt
For a year Russia and America didn't launch anything into space because of the deaths that occured when firing up a launch pad and a shuttle's parachute not work. -
The Moon Team
A team called the Apollo 11 was meant to be first man to set foot on the moon. The men were Neill Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin, and Michael Collins. -
The Moon Launch
The Apollo 11 are trained and ready for the flight to the moon! 9:32am they launch the Apollo 11 crew into space. -
First Space Rescue
An oxygen tank explodes aboard Apollo 13. With help from Mission Control, the crew — Jim Lovell, Fred Haise, and John Swigert — return to Earth safely four days later. -
Arrival
The Apollow 11 succesfully lands on the moon with a low amount of fuel. -
First Space Station
The Soviets launch Salyut 1, the first orbiting space station. Salyut 1's original crew die during re-entry on June 30, 1971. Georgi Bobroeolski, Vladislav Volkov, and Victor Patsayev had spent a record 23 days in space. -
Space Shuttle Program
Nasa sends there first space lab into space but is abandoned due to the cost. -
First Mars Landing
Viking 1, an unmanned scientific probe controlled by scientists on Earth, transmits the first pictures from the surface of Mars. Viking 2 arrived in September 1976. -
First Reusable Space Craft
The space shuttle Columbia takes John Young and Robert Crippen into space. It launches like a rocket and lands like an airplane. This is the first manned American space mission since the Apollo-Soyuz flight in July 1975. -
First American Woman In Space
Sally Ride is part of the crew for the seventh space shuttle flight, STS-7. The first African-American astronaut, Guion Bluford, follows on the next flight on August 30. -
First Surface Travel On Another Planet
Arriving aboard the space probe Pathfinder, the robot Sojourner explores the surface of Mars. The six-wheeled, remote-controlled, solar-powered rover sends images of the planet’s surface and investigates chemical properties of Martian soil. -
First Space Studies On Elderly
At age 77, John Glenn flew aboard the Space Shuttle Discovery and became the oldest person to go into space. As an original member of NASA’s Mercury program, he entered the public-eye in 1921 when he became the first American to orbit the Earth. -
Glenns Last Flight
Glenn takes his last visit in space and learnes the effect on age in space.
