Space Race By Treasure Spoon Oct 14, 1947 Yeager was the first astronaut to break a sound barrier Jun 14, 1949 Albert is sent to space Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik was launched Nov 3, 1957 Laika Launched Jan 31, 1958 Explorer 1 makes it into space Jul 29, 1958 Nasa was founded May 28, 1959 Able and Miss Baker survive their flight into space Sep 13, 1959 Lunas 2 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon Apr 12, 1961 Yuri Gagarin was the first human to travel into space May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard was the first American in space May 25, 1961 Kennedy challenges America within a decade man on the moon Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn is the first American in orbit Nov 28, 1964 Mariner 4 became the first probe to take pictures of Mars Mar 18, 1965 Alexey Leonov was the first astronaut to go on a ‘spacewalk’ Nov 12, 1965 Soviet probe Venera lands on Venus Jan 27, 1967 accidental launch pad deaths of Grissom ,white and Chaffee Dec 21, 1968 Apollo 8 orbits the moon Jul 20, 1969 Neil A. and Buzz A. were the first astronauts to walk on the moon Jul 20, 1969 first American spacecraft lands on the moon May 30, 1971 Mariner 9 orbited mars Dec 7, 1972 last 2 men walk in the moon May 14, 1973 skylab space station launched Jul 15, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz test project Apr 14, 1983 Challenger was launched Jun 18, 1983 Sally ride is first American woman in space Jan 28, 1986 Challenger Exploded Apr 24, 1990 Hubble Space telescope Jan 3, 1999 mars lander launched Feb 1, 2003 Columbia shuttle killed 7 Aug 5, 2012 Curiosity rover landed on Mars