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first satallite launch
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on 4 October 1957 -
first american in space
First man in space. On 12 April 1961 Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space when he orbited the Earth once during a 108 minute flight -
first american in space
In April 1959, Shepard became an astronaut. On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American in space. He flew on a Mercury spacecraft. There was just enough room for one person. -
first man to circle the earth
Glenn was preceded in space by two Americans, Alan B. Shepard Jr. and Virgil -
first space walk
A cosmonaut remembers the exhilaration-and terror-of his first space mission. In March 1965, at the age of 30, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, beating out American rival Ed White on Gemini 4 by almost three months. -
apollo 1 mission
During a preflight test Jan. 27, 1967, tragedy struck the Apollo 1 mission when a fire inside the space capsule caused the death of the three astronauts slated to travel to the moon. The event changed spacecraft design forever. -
apollo 8 mission
it reached the moon and made it back safely -
apollo 11
first footprint on the moon -
apollo 13
an explosion on board cause them to circle the moon -
apollo 17
Apollo 17 was the first mission to include a scientist in its crew. -
first space shuttle launch
A cosmonaut remembers the exhilaration-and terror-of his first space mission. In March 1965, at the age of 30, Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk in history, beating out American rival Ed White on Gemini 4 by almost three months. -
first american women to circle the earth
On June 18, 1983, Sally Ride became the first American woman to fly in space when the space shuttle Challenger launched on mission STS-7. -
challenger disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986, when the NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members, -
hubble launch
observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra -
space construction finished
space station is located in orbit around the Earth at an altitude of approximately 360 km (220 mi), a type of orbit usually termed low Earth orbit -
colombia disaster
The Space Shuttle Columbia disaster occurred on February 1, 2003, when Columbia disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana as it reentered Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members -
first launch of space ship one
SpaceShipOne was a space plane designed and fabricated by Scaled Composites, a company owned by aerospace designer Burt Rutan. Its development was backed by the deep pockets of billionaire Microsoft co-founder Paul Allen, in a joint venture named Tier One whose objective was to develop technology for low-cost routine access to space. SpaceShipOne was 28 feet (8.5 meters) long. The cigar-shape -
first chinese space walk
Chinese Astronauts Complete First Spacewalk. Chinese astronaut Zhai Zhigang waves from outside his Shenzhou 7 spacecraft September 27, 2008. He became his country's first spacewalker -
last space shuttle launch
STS-135 launched on 8 July 2011, and landed on 21 July 2011, following a one-day mission extension. The four-person crew was the smallest of any shuttle mission since STS-6 in April 1983
