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  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    The USSR beat the United States into space by launching Sputnik 1. It was the world's first artificial satellite.
  • First live animal in Space

    First live animal in Space

    Following the success of Sputnik 1, the Soviets launched Sputnik 2. The spacecraft contained a pressurized container which housed a dog named Laika.

  • First Orbit around the Sun with a man-made object

    The Russian satellite Luna 1 is launched in an attempt to hit the Moon. The spacecraft misses the Moon and was flung out into space by the Moon's gravity. It became the first man-made object to achieve an orbit around the Sun.
  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space

    Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to venture into space.
  • First Space Walk

    First Space Walk

    Alexei Leonov performed the first, Tethered space walk outside of his spacecraft while in Earth’s orbit
  • First Spacecraft to Land on the Moon

    First Spacecraft to Land on the Moon

    The Russian spacecraft Luna 9 completed a 250,000 mile trip and successfully became the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.
  • First Manned Moon Landing

    First Manned Moon Landing

    Apollo 11 makes the first successful soft landing on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. became the first human beings to set foot on another world
  • First U.S. Space Station

    First U.S. Space Station

    The United States launches Skylab, the first U.S. space station. It will be occupied by three crews and be an important arena for a number of scientific experiments.
  • Discovery of Water Frost On Mars

    Discovery of Water Frost On Mars

    Viking 2 lands on Mars on the Plain of Utopia, where it discovered water frost.
  • Voyager 2 Arrives at Neptune

    Voyager 2 Arrives at Neptune

    The Voyager 2 spacecraft arrives
    at Neptune, giving us our first
    close-up views of the blue planet
    and its moons.