History of NASA By yasamanLAMBERT Jun 2, 1952 First unmanned probe to be put into orbit around another celestial body Jan 23, 1957 United States Launches first artificial satellite Oct 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches first artificial satellite Jan 23, 1958 NASA established Period: Jan 1, 1961 to Jan 23, 1972 Apollo Program Apr 12, 1961 First human in space May 5, 1961 First american in space Jan 23, 1962 First American to orbit earth Jan 23, 1962 First planetary flyby Jan 23, 1963 President Kennedy assassinated Jun 16, 1963 First Female in Space Sep 7, 1963 Nikita Khrushchev is First Secretary of Communist Party Jan 23, 1965 First ever spacewalk Jun 3, 1965 First American Spacewalk Gemini 4 Flight Jan 23, 1968 First manned space craft to orbit another celestial body Jan 23, 1969 First humans on the moon Jan 23, 1973 Only space station launched into orbit solely by United States Apr 23, 1973 First commercially available mobile phone Jan 23, 1974 First Gravity assist maneuver Jan 23, 1975 First joint flight mission of US and Soviet Space programs Jan 23, 1975 Lander designed to study a planet from the surface Jan 23, 1976 First successful mission to send a rover to a planet Jan 23, 1977 Farthest Probe from Earth Jan 23, 1979 Skylab burns up in Earth's atmosphere Jan 23, 1981 Ronald Reagan is President of United States Apr 12, 1981 First space shuttle to launch Jan 23, 1983 First American Female in space Nov 20, 1985 International Space Station Jan 23, 1986 Challenger Disaster Nov 20, 1988 Microsoft releases Windows Nov 9, 1989 Fall of Berlin Wall Apr 24, 1990 Launch of Hubble Space Telescope Jan 23, 1991 Fall of Communist Government in Russia Period: Jan 23, 1994 to Jan 23, 2020 Shuttle-Mir Missions Jan 23, 1996 Public interest in the internet grows Jan 23, 2001 Original Mir Space Station burns up in re-entry Oct 23, 2001 First iPod released Feb 1, 2003 Columbia Disaster Jan 23, 2004 Facebook website launched Jan 23, 2004 Mars exploration rover mission Jan 19, 2006 Fastest launch speed ever recorded Jan 23, 2006 Fastest Space Craft speed Jan 23, 2008 First pictures from a planet