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First Man in Space
Alan Shepard was the first Astronaut to go into space. His flight had lasted for 15 minutes and he had experienced 5 minutes of weightlessness. He had also ran some tests on his mercury capsule in space. -
First American in Space
Alan Shepard was the first Astronaut to go into space. His flight had lasted for 15 minutes and he had experienced 5 minutes of weightlessness. He had also ran some tests on his mercury capsule in space. -
First Close up Images of Mars
Mariner 4 was the Probe that took close up pictures of Mars. The Pictures came out with no evidence of life what so ever, but there were polar ice caps on the north and south side of the planet. -
First Venus Probe
The Venera 4 capsule is sent to Venus to study its atmosphere and terrain. It is a harsh world with lots of carbon dioxide in its atmosphere. It is also a world that supports no life at all. -
First People on the Moon
The first people on the moon were sent to the Moon on Apollo 11. The names of the astronauts were Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin. They made the fist steps on the moon and planted the United States Flag on it. -
First Space Station
The First Space Station was planted by the U.S.S.R. It was used for research and to explore the outer space. This space station was no longer very advanced and also had some issues. The space station was destroyed on May 28, 1973 -
First U.S SkyLab
The United States Launches Skylab which is the first U.S. Space Station. In Skylab numbers of experiments will be conducted and it would be ran by three crews. Skylab has given us lots of vital information today that we use to learn about space. -
Discover of Frozen Water on Mars
When the Viking 2 lander lands on Mars it discovers water frost and sends back amazing images of it. People were stunned by these pictures and they would keep checking for life on Mars. This also encourages many other people to learn more about this event of history. -
Voyager 1 reaches Saturn
Voyager 1 reaches Saturn and take detailed photos of its rings. The rings are mostly made of rock and ice, The photos amaze the human eye because of it's beauty. -
First Images of Saturn
The American space probe reaches Saturn after flying 13,000 miles to it. It had taken many close up Pictures of the planet. Saturn is know figured a a gas planet and i many times bigger than Earth. It also has many rings orbiting the planet which are made up of mostly ice and rock. -
First Space Shuttle Launch
The first Space Shuttle was launched on April 12, 1981. The Name of the Space Shuttle was Called the STS-1 Colombia. It was only used as a test flight and the other three times also. We learned how the space shuttle looks like in action and how it is used also. -
Almost a year in Space
Two Soviet Cosmonauts are launched into space and live in space for a very long time. They had gone to the Salyut space station and had lived in the station for 211 days. This is the world record for that time of living in space. -
First American Women in Space
Sally K. Ride becomes the first women to go into space. She is the first women to do so in America. She was sent into space on the challenger mission in the STS-7 Shuttle. She had gathered much information on her flight and she was congratulated as the first women in space -
John Glenn Goes Back to Space
The Space Shuttle Discovery starts a mission with John Glenn and the STS-95 Shuttle. They had gone into space and orbit in space. -
Hubble Space Telescope
The Space Shuttle STS-31 is the shuttle tat is sent into outer space with the Hubble Space Telescope. The Hubble Space Telescope is used to take high quality pictures of our Universe. This had failed because there was a major problem with the mirror of the telescope causing it to take low quality pictures. -
Magellan Arrives at Venus
Magellan arrives at nevus and study the surface of the planet. It finds out that the surface is cloudy and is filled with carbon dioxide. this is not able to sustain life on the planet. It is so thick that there is no oxygen to breath either. This is basically what this probe does and found on Venus. -
Voyage of Endeavor
The Maiden Voyage is made by Endeavor on May 2, 1992. There is once again 4 space shuttle fleets left on Earth again. It goes out into space and basically orbits around in space. -
New Space Endurance Record
The Space Endurance record of 211 is broke by another Russian Cosmonaut. This Cosmonaut has lived in Space for 438 days which is more than a year. In space he experienced weightlessness and zero gravity. -
Galileo and Jupiter
The Galileo Spacecraft reaches Jupiter and is dropped into Jupiter's atmosphere. For two years it will orbit the planet and study it's moons and surface. It had later successfully returned important information. -
Mars Pathfinder reaches and Lands on Mars
The Mars Pathfinder is a small robotic probe that land on Mars. It takes lots of detailed pictures of the terrain and surface which amazes the people of Earth. -
First Landing on an Astroid
The NEAR spacecraft has been landed on an asteroid called Eros. They had sent back photos during the one hour orbit. The spacecraft was never designed to land on the asteroid and it was a last minute idea. -
First Tourist in Space
An American Businessman named Dennis Tito had managed to become the fist tourist in space with his own spacecraft. He had wanted to make N.A.S.A do this program but it was rejected. The Russian Space Center loved his idea and welcomed it. He was granted limited access to the space station. -
First Spacecraft To Orbit Mercury
The First Man made spacecraft to orbit mercury was NASA's Messenger Spacecraft.
It had looked for water in the surface and had taken pics of the atmosphere and surface. -
Last Flight of the Space Shuttle Program
The Atlantis Space Shuttle is the Last one to be launched into Space. This Took Place in Florida in the Kennedy Space Center. It was also packed with supplies it will need. There will also be different Spacecraft than the Shuttle in the Future. -
Spacecraft Orbits Astroid
The Dawn Spacecraft from NASA is launched into space in 2007 but reaches an asteroid in 2011. It Later orbits and takes pictures and sends them back. The asteroid ids300 miles in diameter and is one of the largest in the Asteroid Belt.
