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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.