History of space

sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

Russia launched the first artificial satellite To orbit earth.

National Aeronautics

Jul 29, 1958

the National Aeronautics and Space Administration is established in the U.S. It replaces the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics.

Launch of Luna 3

Oct 4, 1959

Russia launched the Luna 3 for it to orbit the moon and successfully photographed 70% of the moon.

friendship 7

Feb 20, 1962

friendship 7- project mercury carries john h.glenn,jr. and orbits the earth three times

First Manned Flight

Mar 23, 1965

First manned flight of the Gemini program, Gemini 3 carrying virgil, made 3 orbits around earth.

Soviet Venera 3

Mar 1, 1966

Soviet Verena 3 lands on Venus. Which is the first spacecraft to reach a another planet!!!

u.s lunar

Aug 14, 1966

u.s lunar orbiter 1 enters moon orbit and takes the first picture of the earth from the distance of the moon

apollo 8

Dec 21, 1968

Apollo 8 -first Apollo to use the Saturn v rock . frank bormen ,James .A .lovell jr .,and william .A anders orbited the moon 10 times then returned safely

Neil Armstrong

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin,jr. make the first manned soft landing on the moon,and the first moon walk using Apollo 11

mariner 6 returns

Jul 31, 1969

mariner 6 returns high resolution images of the martian surface, concentrating on the equatorial region

sky lab

May 14, 1973

sky lab workshop is launched by the u.s, and maintained by 3 crews

Apollo 18

1975

Apollo 18 and Soyuz 19 doc and becomes the first international space craft rendezvous in space

the space shuttle

Apr 4, 1983

the space shuttle challenger lifts off for it first mission (sts-6) and first american space walk in 9 years

STS-7

Jun 18, 1983

STS-7-challenger mission launches, with the first american woman in space- sally k. ride

The Space Shuttle

Jan 28, 1986

The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after lift off mission