Space evens in history

By Joe Potempa

  • The chalenger is launched

    The chalenger is launched

  • The first spacewalk is performed

  • Sally Ride went up into space

    Sally Ride went up into space

  • The space shuttle Discovery is launched

  • First flight of space shuttle Atlantis

    First flight of space shuttle Atlantis

  • The first shuttle flight after the Challenger disaster

  • The Magellan Venus probe is launched from the Atlantis

    The Magellan Venus probe is launched from the Atlantis

  • Discovery mission launches the hubble space telescope

  • The first three person space walk takes place

    The first three person space walk takes place

  • The ailing Hubble Space Telescope is repaired

    The ailing Hubble Space Telescope is repaired

  • Sergei Krikalev becomes the first Russian cosmonaut on a U.S. shuttle mission

    Sergei Krikalev becomes the first Russian cosmonaut on a U.S. shuttle mission

  • The first American to orbit the Earth launches

  • The columbia is destroyed

    The columbia is destroyed

  • NASA officially rNasa retired its Space Shuttle program after 30 years of service

  • The columbia goes on a transport mission

    The columbia goes on a transport mission