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Sputnik Launched
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, sputnik into space -
National Aeronautics & Space Administration
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established in the U.S. It replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics -
Luna 3
Luna 3 trans-tar satellite is launched, orbiting the man and photographing no percent of the far side of the moon -
Friendship 7
Project Mercury carries John H. Glenn, Jr. and orbits the Earth three times -
Gemini Program
First manned flight of the Gemini program a Gemini 3 carry Virgil 1. Gris, Sam and John W. made three orbits around the sun -
Soviet Venera 3
Soviet Venera 3 impacts on Venus, the first spacecraft to reach another planet. It fails to return data -
Lunar Orbiter 1
U.S. Lunar Orbiter 1 enters moon orbit, and takes the first picture of the Earth from the distance of the moon -
Apollo 8
First Apollo to use the Saturn V rocket. Frank Borman, James A. Levell Jr. and William A. Anders orbited the moon ten times then returned safely -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11 -
Mariner 6
Mariner 6 returns high resolution images of the Martin surface, connecting on the equatorial region -
Apollo 13
On there way to the moon , James A. Loevell Jr. ,John Swigert.,and Fred W., Haise Jr ., have an oxygen tank explosion . moon landing is not accomplish but astronauts return safely to Earth. -
Skylab Workshop
Skylab Workshop is launched by the U.S. and maintained by 3 people -
Apollo 18
Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 doc and becomes the first international spacecraft rendezvous and space -
(STS-6)
The Space shuttle challenger lifts off for its first mission (STS-6) and has the first american space walk in years . crew Paul Weite, Kara Bolbko, Donald Peterson -
STS-7
STS-7 -challenger `mission launched the first American women in space -Sally K. Ride
