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USSR launches spuntnik, the first man -made object to orbit the earth.
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Soviets sent the first man into space Yur Gargarin
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John glenn was the first american to orbit earth in space- friendship 7
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Americans Neils Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, the first men to walk on the moon.
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US Apollo 15 and lunar rover, first missions to use moon rovers to drive across the moon.
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US launches Voyager 1 and 2 to explore Jupiter, Saturn, Uranus, and neptune
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US launch the space shuttle columbia.
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The first american woman to take part in orbital missions.
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Barbra Morgan First Educator involved in orbital mission. Tragic Challenger explosion.
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The first modern-era space station , is launched by the Soviet Union. Mir a Russian word used for Peace or world .
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The Hubble Space telescope is launched by US to record information about our solar systemand the universe.
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Mars rover lands and explores the surface OF Mars.
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Voyager 1 reaches the edge of the solar system.