American space exploration

The first artificial satellite

Oct 4, 1957

First signals from space
Sputnik 1

First animal

Nov 7, 1957

The firts mammal in orbit is a dog its name is Laika

NASA creation

Jul 29, 1958

The Nasa created by Dwight D. Eisenhower in USA.
The headquarters is in Washington DC.

First photograph of Earth from orbit

Aug 7, 1959

Released by NASA in September, the first photograph ever taken of the earth by a U.S. satellite depicted a crescent shape of part of the planet in sunlight.

first solar probe

1960

First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon

Apr 26, 1962

The far side of the Moon is the lunar hemisphere that always faces away from Earth, opposite to the near side.

First woman in space

Jun 15, 1963

Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova is a member of the Russian State Duma, engineer, and former cosmonaut. She is the first and youngest woman to have flown in space with a solo mission on the Vostok 6 on 16 June 1963. She was 26 years old.

First soft landing on another world (the Moon)

Feb 3, 1966

A soft landing is any type of aircraft, rocket or spacecraft landing that does not result in significant damage to or destruction of the vehicle or its payload, as opposed to a hard landing. The average vertical speed in a soft landing should be about 2 meters (6.6 ft) per second or less.

Firts step on the moon

1969

Buzz Aldrin saluting the first American flag erected on the moon

First human on the Moon

Jun 20, 1969

Apollo 11 was the first manned mission to land on the Moon. The first steps by humans on another planetary body were taken by Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin