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The Soviet Union launches the first satellite ever.
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As a result of Sputnik's launch, the USA created the National Aeronautics and Space Agency (NASA). The purpose of it was exploring the space and, above anything else, winning the "Space Race"
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Despite everything, the Soviet Union was the country to put the first man into space, Yuri Gargarin.
It was then when US president J.F. Kennedy declared that America would land a man on the Moon by the end of the decade. -
This project represented the peak of NASA's mission to the Moon
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On this historical day, Neil Amstrong became the first human to step on the Moon surface. It was then when he pronounced his famous words: "one small step for man, one giant leap ".
The spacecraft used to take Amstrong and his two colleagues to the moon was called Apollo 11. -
NASA's "Challenger" space shuttle burned up after lift-off killing all crew members on board.
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An extremely expensive probe crashed on Mars surface, causing a huge embarassment to NAS. As later discovered that was due to some mistakes in measurement units conversion.
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Second Space Shuttle program disaster. Columbia bruned-up on the re-entry. This lead to the program cancellation and the current dependence of the Americans on the Russian Soyuza to go to th space.
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NASA is planning to return to the moon in 2024, while Chine has shown interest in building a moon base.
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NASA hopes to be the first of its competitors to land on Mars surface.
Amongst these competitors, big companies can be found such as Space X and Blue Origin.
