Rockets By nerdwill Aug 20, 1952 Redstone rocket invented Redstone Rocket website Oct 7, 1957 Sputnik Jan 20, 1958 Huntsville Oct 1, 1958 NASA begins Jun 20, 1959 Pioneer IV Jun 20, 1961 First man in orbit Nov 9, 1967 Saturn V first launch Jul 21, 1969 Apollo 11 Jun 21, 1973 Skylab launced Jul 15, 1975 Apollo-Soyuz link up Apr 12, 1981 Space Shittle mission Jun 21, 1993 Hubble Space Telescope
