The History of Space Travel

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Event Date:	Event Title:	Event Description:
10/04/1957	Sputnik 1	The first satellite Sputnik 1 is the first object sent into space and to successfully orbit the Earth
01/31/1958	Explorer 1	The First US Satellite (Explorer 1) to Orbit the Earth is Launched
07/29/1958	NASA	NASA is Formed
04/12/1961	The first man in space	Yuri Gagrarin orbits the Earth as the first man in space
05/05/1961	The First American to go into space	Alan Shepard is the First American to go into space
02/20/1962	John Glenn orbits the Earth	John Glenn is the first United States citizen to orbit the Earth
07/20/1969	The first man to walk on the moon	Apollo 11 crew member Neil Armstrong is the first man to walk on the moon. His fellow Apollo astronaut crew member Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin is right behind him, becoming the second man to walk on the moon
04/12/1981	First American Space Shuttle	First American Space Shuttle is Launched. This marks the use of the first "re-usable" space craft
01/28/1986	The Space Shuttle Challenger	The Space Shuttle Challenger Explores Shortly After Take-Off
11/02/2000	International Space Station	Human habitation in the International Space Station begins.