Mission Projects

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  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I

    solveit union lunched sputnik.
  • Sputnik II

    Sputnik II

    Sputnik II launches, with ill-fated Laika the dog on board.
  • Explorer

    Explorer

    United States launches Explorer I from Cape Canaveral in Florida.
  • Begining of NASA!!

    Begining of NASA!!

    NASA is formed after Congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act.
  • Yuri Grarin enters space

    Yuri Grarin enters space

    Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to enter space and return safely.
  • Freedom 7

    Freedom 7

    With the launch of Freedom 7, Alan Shepard becomes the first American man in space. The suborbital flight, which was part of the Mercury Project, lasted 15 minutes, 28 seconds.
  • U.S to the moon

    U.S to the moon

    U.S. President John F. Kennedy announces the goal of sending astronauts to the moon before the end of the decade.
  • Mercury Project

    Mercury Project

    Launch of Friendship 7 (also part of the Mercury Project) makes astronaut John Glenn the first American to go into orbit. Total flight time was just shy of five hours.
  • Lunch of Gemini 5

    Lunch of Gemini 5

    Carrying astronuts Gordan Cooper and charles Conrad on an eight-day mission to test rendezvous guidance and navigation systems.
  • First test flight!

    First test flight!

    test flight was to saturn V rocket, which would carry dozens of spacecarft into space in the year to come.