Early Space Missions

Early Space Missions

Period: Jan 1, 1958 to Dec 31, 1971

Early Space Missions

Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

First U.S. satellite launched into space four months after the Russian Sputnik started the space race.

Luna 2

Sep 13, 1959

Soviet mission lands first human made object on the moon.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

United States puts the first man on the moon.

Salyut 1

Apr 19, 1971

First space station launched into space by the Soviet Union. It was sent with all supplies and decommissioned when those supplies were all gone.