space exploration

By beth_hood235

  • Russians launch the first official satellite - Sputnik 1

  • Laika the dog becomes the first living creature in Space - onboard the Sputnik 2

  • Launch of first U.S satellite - Explorer 1

  • Russian probe Luna 3 sends first pictures of the far side of the moon

  • NASA launches a chimpanzee (Ham) into space

  • Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space on a 108 minute flight.

  • Alan Shepard is the 1st Ameerican in space

  • John Glenn is the first person to orbit the earth onboard Friendship

  • Mariner 2 (NASA) scans the surface of Venus

  • Valentina Tereshkova is the 1st woman in space

  • Alexei Leonev makes the first space walk

  • Mariner 4 flys past Mars

  • First Moon landing by the Luna 9 (Soviet Union)

  • Fire on the launch pad of Apollo 1 kills 3 US astronauts

  • First death in Space - Vladimir Komorov

  • Venera 4 lands on Venus

  • First crewed ship orbits hte moon - Apollo 8

  • NEIL ARMSTRONG AND HIS CREW WALKS ON THE MOON

  • Russian rover the first to drive on the moon

  • Launch of the first space station - Salyut 1

  • First space probe to fly past Jupiter

  • First space probe to fly past Mercury

  • First US and Soviet spacecraft docking - Apollo/Soyuz

  • First successful landing on Mars

  • First fly past Saturn

  • First space shuttle launch - Columbia

  • First fly past Uranus

  • Space shuttle Challenger explodes killing all 7 crew :(

  • Launch of Russian space station - Mir

  • First space probe to fly past Halleys comet (European ship Giotto)

  • First Neptune fly by - Voyager 2

  • Space shuttle Discovery launches the Hubble Space Telescope

  • First part of the International Space Space station launched.

  • Mars Climate Orbiter disappears after orbiting Mars

  • Mars Polar Lander disappears - more embarrassment for NASA

  • Mir station abandoned and crashes off the coast of Australia

  • First tourist in Space - Dennis Tito

  • Space shuttle Columbia explodes on re-entry killing the 7 astronauts

  • Twin Mars Exploration Rover missions Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars

  • A ship collided with a comet 1/2 the size of Manhatten for scientific research

  • NASA space probe Messenger skimmed 199.55 km above Mercury

  • NASA spacecraft Kepler was launched

  • NASA's Dawn spacecraft became the first man made craft to orbit an asteroid

  • NASA astronauts wrapped up successful repairs at the International Space Station

    http://www.archives.gov/research/alic/reference/space-timeline.html