Matsumoto-2-HOSST

By cmsnorth

  • Luna 2

    Luna 2
    Luna 2 is launched, impacting on the moon on September 13 carrying a copy of the Soviet coat of arms, and becoming the first man-made object to hit the moon.

  • Luna 3

    Luna 3
    Luna 3 translunar satellite is launched, orbiting the moon and photographing 70 percent of the far side of the moon.

  • Trios 1

    Trios 1
    The first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

  • Discoverer XIV

    Discoverer XIV
    Launches the first U.S. camera-equipped Corona spy satellite.

  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1
    launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space. He orbits the Earth once.

  • Mercury Freedom 7

    Mercury Freedom 7
    carries Alan B. Shepard,Jr., the first U.S. Astronaut into space, in a suborbital flight.

  • Mercury Friendship 7

    Mercury Friendship 7
    Lifts off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times.

  • Mercury Aurora 7

    Mercury Aurora 7
    Launched with M. Scott Carpenter, making three orbits.

  • Vostok 2

    Vostok 2
    Launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Gherman Titov, the first day-long Soviet space flight.

  • Telstar 1

    Telstar 1
    U.S. satellite, beams the first live transatlantic telecast.