First Manned Mission to the Moon

By WalkerBottomley
  • USSR launches Sputnik

    USSR launches Sputnik

    First Man made object to orbit the earth
  • USSR Launches first dog into space

    USSR Launches first dog into space

    Dog dies a few hours later from overheating and panic
  • USA launches first satilite

    USA launches first satilite

    Satilite called explorer
  • USA launches Vangaurd Satilite

    USA launches Vangaurd Satilite

    Continues to transmit data for 3 years after launch
  • NASA is created

    NASA is created

    The National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • First Monkey to survive in space

    First Monkey to survive in space

    space flight returned to Earth after being launched in Jupiter AM-18 missile from Cape Canaveral in Florida
  • Russian Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once

    Russian Yuri Gagarin orbits the Earth once

    and becomes the first man in space
  • Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space

    Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space

  • President John F Kennedy challenges nation to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade

    President John F Kennedy challenges nation to put a man on the Moon by the end of the decade

  • American John Glenn orbits the Earth three times

    American John Glenn orbits the Earth three times

  • American Walter Schirra orbits the Earth six times

    American Walter Schirra orbits the Earth six times

  • Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space

    Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space

  • Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk, spending 12 minutes outside the Voskhod spacecraft

    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk, spending 12 minutes outside the Voskhod spacecraft

  • Ed White performs America’s firsts spacewalk

    Ed White performs America’s firsts spacewalk

  • USSR’s Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon

    USSR’s Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to perform a soft landing on the Moon

  • America’s Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon

    America’s Surveyor 1 soft-lands on the Moon

  • Three US astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee, are killed when a fire ignites in their Apollo 1 capsule while performing a test on the launch pad

    Three US astronauts, Gus Grissom, Ed White and Roger Chafee, are killed when a fire ignites in their Apollo 1 capsule while performing a test on the launch pad

  • Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Lt Col Michael Collins on board.

    Apollo 11 blasts off from Cape Kennedy, Florida, with Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Lt Col Michael Collins on board.

  • Apollo 8 begins first manned journey to the Moon. Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and Williams Anders make a Christmas Eve broadcast that is shown live on television around the world.

    Apollo 8 begins first manned journey to the Moon. Astronauts Frank Borman, James Lovell and Williams Anders make a Christmas Eve broadcast that is shown live on television around the world.

  • Armstrong and Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon while Collins remains in lunar orbit in the command and service module.

    Armstrong and Aldrin become the first men to walk on the moon while Collins remains in lunar orbit in the command and service module.