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Liquid-fuel rocket
Robert Goddard invented the liquid-fuel rocket, also called rocket engines. -
Sputnik 1 and Sputnik 2
The Soviet Union launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial object to orbit the earth. Less than a month later, a dog named Laika was launched aboard the Sputnik 2. -
Explorer 1
The United States responded to the Soviet Union with its first satellite, a craft named Explorer 1. -
Yuri Gagarin and the Vostok
Yuri Garagin was the first person to travel in space when he made a single orbit around the earth in his Vostok 1 Spacecraft. -
Alan Shepard and the Mercury
Alan Shepard became America´s first person in space with a fifteen-minute suborbital hop in the Mercury spacecraft. -
Valentina Tereshvoka and the Vostok 6
Valentina Tereshvoka became the first woman to fly in space. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first mission to actually land a manned spacecraft. -
Neil Armstrong
Neil Armstrong became the first human being to set foot on another world. -
Mir
The USSR launched the space station Mir. -
International Space Station
Over fifteen nations were working together to build this Space Station.