The History of Humans in Space

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    Histroy of Humans and Space

  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The first satelite, called Sputnik is launced into space by the Soviet Union

  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space
    The Russian Cosmonaut- Yuri Gagarin was the first human to go to space

  • The First American in Space

    The First American in Space
    Alan Shepard became the first American in space

  • First Man to Walk in Space

    First Man to Walk in Space
    Alexi Leonov is the first man to walk in space while tied to his spacecraft.

  • First American to Walk in Space

    First American to Walk in Space
    Ed White- First american astronaut to walk in space

  • Apollo 8 Launched

    Apollo 8 Launched
    First spacecraft to orbit the moon

  • First Men on the Moon

    First Men on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin were the first men to walk on the moon

  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13
    the Spaceshuttle Apollo 13 was launched

  • Salyut 1 Launched

    Salyut 1 Launched
    The Soviet Space station was launched

  • Moon Rover on the Moon

    Moon Rover on the Moon
    First time the moon rover drove on the moon

  • Last Men on the Moon

    Last Men on the Moon
    Eugene Cernan and Harrison "Jack" Schmitt were the last men to walk on the moon

  • Skylab Space Station launched

    First U.S. Space Station

  • Viking 2 Probe Found Water on Mars

    Viking 2 Probe Found Water on Mars
    Water Frost discovered on the Surface of Mars

  • Challenger Launched

    Challenger Launched
    The second space shuittle was launched

  • First untethered space walk

    Bruce Mccandless

  • Atlantis - Fourth Space Shuttle Launched

  • Space Shuttle Challenger Explodes

    The Space Shuttle exploded seconds after lift off.

  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope
    The Space Shuttle Discovery launched the Hubble Telescope

  • Space Shuttle Endevor Launched

    The space shuttle Endeavor was launched for the first time

  • Mars Pathfinder

    Lands on Mars and then sends Images back to earth

  • NEAR Spacecraft Landed on Eros

    The spacecraft landed on the surface of Eros

  • Columbia Space Shuttle broke up When entering the Earth's Atmosphere

  • NASA Launched the Spitzer Telescope

    This was the largest infrared telescope launched into space

  • NASA's Galileo mission ended

    14 year exploration- crashed into Jupiter

  • Spacecraft Stardust Returned

    Returned with dust collection from a comet for the first time

  • Kepler Launched

    mission was to search for planets outside our solar system

  • SpaceX Launched a spacecraft into orbit

  • Curiostiy Rover Landed on Mars

  • LADEE spacecraft launched

    LADEE spacecraft launched
    3rd Lunar probe in five years