edwards-5-hostt By cmsnorth Oct 4, 1957 space age begins soviet union launched sputnick 1 soviet union launched sputnick 1 Apr 3, 1959 soviet union space probe hit the moon Jul 4, 1961 yuri gagarin was the first pilot in space Jul 11, 1962 united states space probe flew by venus Dec 21, 1968 united states launched apollo 8 Jul 20, 1969 neil armstrong landed on the moon Mar 7, 1972 apollo lunar model was cancelled Oct 12, 1974 united states launched a german space probe Dec 26, 1976 united states launched another german space probe Apr 4, 1978 two other us probes land on mars
