Important events in space travel

first satellite in space

Oct 4, 1957

the first satellite in space was the spuntnik 1

First person in space

Apr 12, 1961

this man was the first person to leave earths atmosphere in the vostok 1

first man on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

the fist man landed on the moon in the Apollo 11

Columbia space tragedy

Apr 12, 1981

there space ship didn't even leave the atmosphere

launch of Hubble space station

Apr 25, 1990

the Hubble space station was launched into space

first private space flight

Jun 21, 2004

this only the first of many private space flight