samuels space timeline

first man in space

Apr 12, 1961

first american in space

May 5, 1961

president kennedy's hisoric speech

May 25, 1961

first american in orbit

Feb 20, 1962

first space walk

Mar 18, 1965

first close-up of mars

Jul 14, 1965

the spacecraft to land on th moon

Feb 3, 1966

first american spacecraft on the moon

Jun 2, 1966

first U.S space Tragedy

Jan 27, 1967

first spaceflight casualty

Apr 23, 1967

first moon orbit

Sep 15, 1968

first Venus orbit

Sep 18, 1968