Space Travel Timeline

Robet Goddard

Mar 16, 1926

Robert Goddard was the first person to send a liquid fueled rocket into space.

Sputnik 1

Oct 30, 1957

Sputnik 1 was the first atifficial sattilite. It was launched in 1957 by the soviets. It orbited 57 days before it fell back to earth.

Sputnik 2

Nov 3, 1957

Sputnik 2 was the second spacecraft launched into Earth orbit and was the first biological spacecraft.

sputnik 3

May 15, 1958

Sputnik 3 was an automatic scientific laboratory spacecraft. It was conically-shaped and was 3.57 m long.

Luna 1

Jan 2, 1959

Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.

Luna 2

Sep 13, 1959

Luna 2 is launched, impacting on the moon on September 13 carrying a copy of the Soviet coat of arms, and becoming the first man-made object to hit the moon.

Discoverer XIV

Aug 18, 1960

Discoverer XIV launches the first U.S. camera-equipped Corona spy satellite.

Yuri Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri Gagarin was a Soviet Cosmonaut who was the first to enter space and orbit the earth.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armsring was the first person to land on the moon.

Pioneer 10

Mar 2, 1972

Launched on March 2, 1972, Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft to pass through the asteroid belt and the first to make direct observations and obtain close-up images of Jupiter.

Pioner 11

Apr 6, 1973

Pioneer 11 was the second mission to investigate Jupiter and the outer solar system and the first to explore the planet Saturn and its main rings.

Endeavor

Dec 5, 2001

Space Shuttle Endeavour is launched carrying the Raffaello logistics module back to the ISS with new supplies.