Timeline: Human Spaceflight | Timetoast

Apr 12, 1961

First human in Space - Yuri Gagarin
May 5, 1961

First American in Space - Alan Shepherd
Feb 20, 1962

First orbital flight
Jun 16, 1963

Valentina Tereshkova - First Woman in Space
Mar 8, 1965

First spacewalk
Jul 20, 1969

Moon landing
Apr 19, 1971

First Space Station - Salyut 1 - launched
Apr 12, 1981

Space shuttle launched
Apr 3, 1984

Rakesh Sharma - First Indian in Space
Nov 20, 1998

First component of the ISS launched
Jun 21, 2004

First privately funded spaceflight - SpaceShipOne