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First satellite in space by USSR
Sputnik 1 was the first satellite in space that was launched by the Soviet Union. -
First animal in space by USSR
The Soviet Union launched the first animal into space, a dog named Laika, who did not survive the trip. -
First satellite in space by USA
The US launched it's first satellite into space called Explorer 1. -
Creation of NASA
NASA was founded by Dwight D. Eisenhower in response to the Soviet Union's launch of it's first satellite. -
First American animal in space
A chimpanzee named Ham was launched into space as part of Project Mercury -
First man in space by USSR
The first man in space was named Yuri Gagarin, in which he made a little more than one orbit around Earth. -
First man to orbit Earth USSR
Yuri Gagarin was the first man from the Soviet Union to orbit the Earth. -
America's first man in space
Alan Shepard was America's first man in space in the Freedom 7 capsule. -
JFK's moon commitment
President John F. Kennedy announced his goal of putting a man on the moon by the end of the decade. -
First American to orbit Earth
John Glenn was the first American to orbit the Earth, with a total of 3 orbits. -
First man to do an EVA by USSR
The first EVA performed by the USSR was by a man named Alexei Leonov in 1965, for 12 minutes and 9 seconds outside the Voshkod 2 spacecraft. -
First man to do an EVA by USA
Ed White was the first american to do an EVA in space on the Gemini 5. -
Gemini 4
The first spacewalk was performed by Ed White on the Gemini 4 mission. The goal was to demonstrate in-plane and out-of-plane maneuvers and EVA. -
Gemini 7
Gemini 7 was the fourth spacecraft flight in the Gemini series. The goal of a 14 day mission was accomplished, as well as acting as a rendezvous target for Gemini 6. -
Gemini 12
Gemini 12 was the final mission of the Gemini mission series. Buzz Aldrin successfully completed a tethered stationkeeping exercise as well as docking with the Agenda target vehicle. -
Apollo 1
3 crew members, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chaffee were all killed in a fire during a pre launch test. They were supposed to be the first crew of men to land on the moon. This sparked a whole new set of changes in the program. -
Apollo 7
The first live TV program was conducted from an American spacecraft. -
Apollo 8
A crew of 3 astronauts, Jim Lovell, Frank Borman, and Bill Anders were the first to orbit the moon, for a total of 20 hours. -
Apollo 9
James McDivitt, Rusty Schweickart and David Scott were the first crew to carry a lunar module into orbit. They lunar and command modules were separated and they flew independently for a total of 6 hours. -
Apollo 10
The crew tested all aspects of the soon to be moon landing. The docking of the lunar module was the first televised transmission from space in color. -
Apollo 11
This mission put the first men on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. They explored the area they landed in for more than two hours, collecting moon rocks and planting the American flag.
