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.