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First Satellite
Sputnik 1 became the first satellite to be launched by man.The launch of Sputnik in 1957 indicated not only Soviet technical leadership in a new field but also the capability and extent of Soviet large-missile development and production. -
NASA was founded
NASA was founded by Dwight Eisenhower.While this new federal agency would conduct all non-military space activity, the Advanced Research Projects Agency was created in February 1958 to develop space technology for military application. -
First Creatures to Return Alive From Space
The first to return animals alive from orbit. The passengers were the dogs Belka and Strelka, plus a gray rabbit, 42 mice, two rats and fruit flies. -
First Man In Space/ First Spaceship made
Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gagarin, on board the Vostok 1 spacecraft, became the first human in space. The first crewed spacecraft was Vostok 1, which carried Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin into space in 1961, and completed a full Earth orbit. -
The Lunar Landing
The Apollo 11 spaceflight, achieved its goal of landing the first humans on the Moon. A Moon landing is the arrival of a spacecraft on the surface of the Moon. This includes both crewed and robotic missions. -
Challenger Shuttle Explodes
The space shuttle explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of seven. -
Launch of the Hubble Space Telescope
The Hubble Space Telescope, named after Edwin Powell Hubble, was placed into orbit by crew members of the space shuttle Discovery. -
Flight of the First Private Spacecraft
SpaceShipOne, designed and developed by an aerospace development company known as Scaled Composites invented by Burt Rutan, became the first private manned space vehicle to fly past the boundary of space. -
NASA Launches Curiosity Rover
Curiosity rover lands after 350-million-mile journey- On August 6, 2012.
