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First Satellite in space by USSR
October 4, 1957, The Soviet union launched the earth's first artificial, Sputnik 1. The successful launch came as a shock to experts and citizens in the United States. -
First animal in space by USSR
The first animal to make an orbital spaceflight around the Earth was the dog Laika. It was on the sputnik 2 -
First satellite in space by USA
Explorer 1 was the first U.S satellite and the first satellite to carry science instruments. -
Creation of NASA
President Eisenhower signed the National Aeronautics and Space Art -
First Animal in Space by USA
A chimp named Ham became the first hominid in space. He had a brief spaceflight, 16 minutes, Ham experienced weightlessness for six-and-a-half minutes. -
First man in space by USSR
Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space ever and was sent by the USSR. He piloted the Vostok 1 and it circled the earth at 27,400 kilometers per hour. The flight lasted 108 minutes. -
First man in space by USA
Alan Shepard was the first man in space by the USA. He piloted the Freedom 7 Mercury capsule for 15 minute suborbital flight. Alan was the first person from the US and the second ever -
JFK's speech and commitment to getting to the moon
Kennedy stood before congress and proposed that the US "should commit itself to achieving the goal. He wanted a man to land on the moon and returning him safely to Earth -
First Man to Orbit Earth by USA
John Glenn was the first man to orbit the Earth, sent by NASA. He was one of the Mercury 7 NASA's first astronaut class -
First man to do an EVA by USR
The first EVA performed was by Alexei Leonov, from the USSR. Alexei spent 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voskhod 2 spacecraft. -
Gemini III
Gemini III was the first crewed mission in NASA's project Gemini. It was the first time two American astronauts flew together. Gus Grissom and John Young were the two who flew together -
Gemini IV
Gemini IV was the first flight to be controlled by the new mission control center. It was the second crewed flight with James McDivitt and Ed White. The objective was the first spacewalk by an American, during which WHite floated free outside the spacecraft for 23 minutes. -
First man to do an EVA USA
Ed White was the first man from USA to do a full EVA. Ed opened the hatch of the Gemini 4 spacecraft and pulled himself out onto space. -
Gemini VII
Gemini VII was the first rendezvous with crewed vehicle. This mission was to show that humans could live in weightlessness for 14 days. The record stood until 1970 -
Gemini IX Original Crew
Gemini IX was the seventh crewed Gemini flight. The original crew, Elliot See and Charles Bassett, were killed in a crash while flying a T-38 jet trainer to go inspect their spacecraft. -
Apollo 1 Original Crew
Apollo 1 Was a mission to be the first crewed flight of Apollo.The original crew, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were conducting a simulation on the launch pad in Florida. A flash fire broke out in their capsule and the fire spreaded, eventually killing all 3 astronauts -
Apollo 7
Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight in 22 months. It was 163 orbits and a flight of 10 days and 20 hours.It achieved all of its objectives -
Apollo 8
Apollo 8 was the first mission to take humans to the moon and back. The crew did not land on the moons surface. The trajectory was to get there and back -
Apollo 9
Apollo 9 was the most complex crewed space mission flown to that time. The objective was to evaluate crew operations of the lunar module and to demonstrate docked vehicle functions in an earth-orbit mission. -
Apollo 10
Apollon 10 was the first lunar flight of the complete spacecraft. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 was the first mission to land humans on the moon.