Space History

First Bumper Rocket

Jul 1, 1950

The first bumper rocket is launched from U.S.
(NASA)

The first artificial satellite

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik 1 was the first artificial satellite, that sent in space. They
beat US and whole world was shocked.
This in turn triggered the Space Race between the Soviet Union and the United States.
(Soviet Space Program)

First animal in Earth orbit

Nov 3, 1957

Laika was the first animal that orbited around the earth. She was on Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit.
(Soviet Space Program)

First probe launched to Venus

Feb 12, 1961

Venera 1 was the First probe that launched to Venus.
(Soviet Space Program)

First person in space and in Earth orbit

Apr 12, 1961

Vostok 1 was the first shuttle that carried a person in the sapce and orbited around the Earth.
(Soviet Space Program)

American in Space

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard was the first American in Space. He was on Freedom 7.
(NASA)

First person in space for 24 hours

Aug 6, 1961

Gherman Titov was the first person survive 24 hours in space.
He was on Vostok 2 spaceflight.
(Soviet Space Program)

First probe launched to Mars

Nov 1, 1962

Mars 1 was the first probe that launched to Mars.
(Soviet Space Program)

First woman in space

Jun 16, 1963

Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
She was on Vostok 6 spaceflight.
(Soviet Space Program)

First probe in lunar orbit

Mar 31, 1966

Luna 10 was the first probe in lunar orbit.
(Soviet Space Program)

First man on the moon

Jul 16, 1969

Neil Armstrong was the first man to put a step on moon. He was the part of Mission Apollo 11.
(NASA)

First space station

Apr 19, 1971

Salyut 1 was the first space station.
(Soviet Space Program)

Last man on the moon

Dec 7, 1972

Eugene Cernan was the last man that walk on moon.
He was the part of Mission Apollo 17.
(NASA)

First Mission to the Space

Apr 12, 1981

STS-1 was the first Space Shuttle was sent in Space By NASA
Robert Crippen was the pilot of this spaceshuttle
Mission duration was 2day and 6:20:53.
(NASA)

First woman to walk in space

Apr 19, 1982

Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman walk in space. She was in Salyut 7 shuttle.
(Soviet Space Program)

First permanently manned space station

Feb 19, 1986

Mir was the first permanently manned space station in history.
(Soviet Space Program)

First crew to spend over one year in space

Dec 21, 1987

Vladimir Titov and Musa Manarov were in Soyuz TM-4. Soyuz TM-4 was a space craft that was connected to space station Mir.
(Soviet Space Program)

Juno (spacecraft)

Aug 5, 2011

NASA is sending a spacecraft to Jupiter.
(NASA)