Rockets By ereed3 Mar 16, 1926 goddard's rocket Oct 4, 1957 sputnik 1 launched Feb 1, 1958 explorer 1 launched Jul 29, 1958 nasa founded Apr 1, 1960 launch of tiros 1 Apr 12, 1961 yuri gagarin's first trip to space Jul 10, 1962 launch of telstar Aug 27, 1962 launch of mariner Feb 21, 1967 apollo 1 launched Jul 16, 1969 apollo 11 launched Aug 8, 1969 launch of skylab Nov 3, 1973 launch of mariner 10 Sep 9, 1975 launch of viking 2 Jun 19, 1976 launch of viking 1 Aug 20, 1977 launch of voyager 2 Sep 5, 1977 launch of voyager 1 Apr 12, 1981 space shuttle first flight Apr 24, 1986 launch of hubble telescrope May 16, 1989 launch of magellan Oct 15, 1997 launch of cassini