airplanes By isaacminecraft Mar 16, 1926 Goddard's rocket Mar 9, 1934 Yuri Gagarin's first trip to space Oct 3, 1942 Wernher von Braun's V2 Oct 4, 1957 spunik 1 launched 7;28 p.m. Feb 1, 1958 Explorer 1 launched Jul 29, 1958 NASA Founded Apr 1, 1960 launch of tiros 1 May 5, 1961 first american in space Jul 10, 1962 launch of telstar Aug 27, 1962 launch of mariner 2 Apr 8, 1964 gemini 1 Apr 27, 1967 apollo 1 launch Jul 20, 1969 apollo 11 launch Aug 17, 1970 launch of venera 7 Feb 3, 1973 launch of mariner 10 May 14, 1973 launch of skylab Aug 20, 1975 launch of viking 1 Sep 9, 1975 launch of viking 2 Aug 20, 1977 launch of voyager 2 Sep 5, 1977 launch of voyager 1 Apr 12, 1981 space shuttle first flight May 4, 1989 launch of magellan Apr 24, 1990 launch of hubble telescope Oct 15, 1997 launch of cassini Nov 20, 1998 launch of the inter national space staion Jul 7, 2003 mars opportunity launch Nov 26, 2011 mars curiosity launch