Important Dates In Space Exploration

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    Space Exploration Events

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite
  • First Creature In space

    First Creature In space

    A stray dog named Laika was sent to live in orbit
  • First Human In Space

    First Human In Space

    Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human in space among the Vostok 1
  • First Woman In Space

    First Woman In Space

    Valentina Tershkova becomes the first woman to reach space aboard the Vostok 6
  • Men on The Moon

    Men on The Moon

    First Man Neil Armstrong takes a step on the moon
  • First Space Station

    First Space Station

    First Space Station Salyut 1 goes into orbit around Earth
  • Viking 1 and 2

    Viking 1 and 2

    U.S. led missions that landed on mars
  • Voyagers 1 and 2

    Voyagers 1 and 2

    Satellites that were sent out that caught images of Jupiter
  • First Space Shuttle Takes Off

    First Space Shuttle Takes Off

    A new form of spacecraft, the US Space shuttle takes off for the first time
  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    NASA Launches the hubble space telescope, which we still use today