Space timeline

By Victoria Mullooly
  • First object successfully sent into space

    First object successfully sent into space

    The Soviet union sent the first succesful satellite to orbit the earth, the sputnik 1.
  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1

    Explorer 1 is the first US satelite to orbit the earth.
  • NASA

    NASA

    The US forms the National Aeronatics and Space Administration in response to the Soviet Union
  • First person off earth

    First person off earth

    Yuri Gagaarin is the first human in space
  • US goes into space

    US goes into space

    Alan Shepard is the first American citizen to go into space
  • Friendship 7

    Friendship 7

    John Glenn was the first American to orbit the earth
  • Moon Landing

    Moon Landing

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin were the first two people on the moon
  • Rocket launch

    Rocket launch

    First succesful Shuttle is launched
  • Challenger explosion

    Challenger explosion

    The Challenger space shuttle explodes after takeoff.
  • ISS

    ISS

    The international Space Station is first inhabited by humans