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NASA Timeline

By quacktheducklord

  • NASA Begins

    NASA Begins
    The National Aeronautics and Space Administartion is open for operation.

  • First NASA Launch

    First NASA Launch
    Pioneer 1 becomes the first official rocket launch the NASA launches.

  • Light Flight in the X-1E

    Light Flight in the X-1E
    NASA's supreme research pilot John McKay made his final flight in his beloved ship.

  • Project Score

    An Air-Force communications satellite is placed into orbit.

  • Vanguard Launch

    Vanguard Launch
    The US launched Vanguard 2 from Cape Cod Florida for a geophysical year mission.

  • First US Lunar fly by

    First US Lunar fly by
    The US sends Pioneer 4 to the moon.

  • NASA Unveils new corps

    They unveil the brand new Mercury astronaut corps.

  • First Monkeys in Space

    First Monkeys in Space
    Able and Baker board a Jupiter missile and become the first animals in space.

  • First unpowered glide flight

    First unpowered glide flight
    Scott Crossfield made the first glide flight in the X-15 hypersonic.

  • First American in Space

    Alan Shepard becomes the very first American to be in space, in Freedom 7.