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Space Exploration Timeline

By reedchristensen

  • Dogs were the first creatures in space

    Dogs were the first creatures in space

  • Sputnik, First Man-Made Satellite

    Sputnik, First Man-Made Satellite
    First Man-Made Satellite

  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded

  • Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space

    Yuri Gagarin was the first person in space

  • Alan B. Shepard, First American in space

    Alan B. Shepard, First American in space

  • John Glenn, First American to Orbit

    John Glenn, First American to Orbit

  • Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space

    Valentina Tereshkova, First Woman in Space

  • Alexey Leonov did the first spacewalk

    Alexey Leonov did the first spacewalk

  • Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first on the moon

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first on the moon

  • Skylab Launched

    Skylab Launched

  • Skylab Falls

    Skylab Falls

  • STS-1 was the first space shuttle launch

    STS-1 was the first space shuttle launch

  • Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space

    Sally Ride, First American Woman in Space

  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster

  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope

  • International Space Station

    International Space Station

  • NEAR Shoemaker

    NEAR Shoemaker
    was the first to land on an asteroid

  • Columbia Disaster

    Columbia Disaster

  • Mars rover Spirit

    Mars rover Spirit

  • Mars Rover Opportunity

    Mars Rover Opportunity

  • Cassini-Huygens arrives at Saturn

    Cassini-Huygens arrives at Saturn

  • STS-135 was the last space shuttle launch

    STS-135 was the last space shuttle launch

  • Mars Rover Curiosity

    Mars Rover Curiosity