Spaceships

By JustinButler14

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    On October 4, 1957, Moscow launched the first artificial space satellite, Sputnik 1.
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  • First Man

    First Man
    On April 12, 1961, Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space.

  • Neil Armstrong

    Neil Armstrong
    On July 21, 1969, US astronaut Neil Armstrong is the first man to step onto the Moon.

  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1
    On April 19, 1971, the Soviet Union launched the first orbital space station, Salyut 1.

  • Viking 1

    Viking 1
    On July 20, 1976, US spacecraft Viking 1 became the first to successfully land on Mars and send back images of the Red Planet.

  • Columbia

    Columbia
    On April 12, 1981, the US space shuttle Columbia, the first reusable manned spacecraft, made its first voyage.

  • Hubble

    Hubble
    On April 25, 1990, the Hubble was the first space telescope to be placed into orbit, at 547 kilometers (340 miles) from Earth.

  • Dennis Tito

    Dennis Tito
    On April 28, 2001, Italian American multi-millionaire Dennis Tito, 60, became the world's first space tourist.

  • SpaceX

    SpaceX
    On September 29, 2008, the US company SpaceX was the first private venture to successfully launch a rocket into Earth's orbit, the Falcon 1.

  • Philae

    Philae
    On November 12, 2014, the European Space Agency placed a small robot, Philae, on a comet more than 500 million kilometers from Earth.