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History of space exploration

By siegfriedgautama

  • First Artificial Satellite Launched to Space

    First Artificial Satellite Launched to Space
    Sputnik 1 (USSR)

  • US Launched their First Satellite

    US Launched their First Satellite
    Explorer 1 (USA)

  • First Human in Orbit

    First Human in Orbit
    Yuri Gagarin (USSR). His flight reached 108 minutes and at an altitude of 327 km above Earth.

  • First American to fly to Space

    First American to fly to Space
    Alan Shepard (USA)

  • First American to Orbit Earth

    First American to Orbit Earth
    John Glenn (USA)
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    Apollo Space Program

    6 manned missions to the moon.

  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon
    Neil Armstrong (USA) on board Apollo 11

  • Launched Navigation Satelites

  • Skylab was Created

    Skylab was Created
    First American Space Station

  • Apollo Soyuz Test Project

    Apollo Soyuz Test Project
    First internationally crewed (American and Russian) Space Mission

  • Communication and Television Satellites launched

  • First Reusable Space Shuttle Launched

    Space Shuttle Columbia (STS-1) (USA)
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    USA Space Shuttle Program

    Conducted various missions ranging from spacewalks, to telescope repairs and resupplying the ISS

  • Space Shuttle Challenger Accident

    Broke apart 73 seconds after flight, killing all 7 crew members on board.

  • First Powerful Telescope

    Hubble telescope ($2.5 Bn) launched to see deep into space

  • International Space Station Created

    Zarya, the first component of the ISS was launched onboard a Russian Proton rocket.

  • First Commercial Space Agency Created

    SpaceX founded by Elon Musk

  • First Commercial Space Travel Agency Created

    Virgin Galactic at $200,00 per person. First flight to be conducted at the end of 2017

  • First Successful Commercial Rocket Launch

    SpaceX launched the Falcon 1

  • Most Powerful Telescope to be Launched

    James Webb telescope, long wavelength-sensitive infrared telescope. To be launched onboard the Ariane 5.