space

By shavel
  • first satalite launched

    first satalite launched

    7:28p.m Sputnik 1 launched.
  • First human in space

    First human in space

    Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin
  • First American in space

    First American in space

    Commander Alan Bartlett Shephard Jr.
  • First man to circle the earth

    First man to circle the earth

    John Glenn
  • First space walk

    First space walk

    Alexey Leonov was the first person to "spacewalk'.
  • Apollo 1 mission

    Apollo 1 mission

    A fire occured inside of the space capsule, 3 people died.
  • Apollo 8 mission

    Apollo 8 mission

    Took astronauts farther than they had ever gone before, the crew beame the first people to orbit another world.
  • Apollo 11 mission

    Apollo 11 mission

    the objective was to preform a crew lunar landing and return back to earth. It launched Armstrong, Collins and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial earth orbit.
  • Apollo 13 mission

    Apollo 13 mission

    An explosion occured in one of the oxegyn tanks.
  • Apollo 17 mission

    Apollo 17 mission

    It was the last Apollo mission to land man on the moon, it carried Harrison Schmitt.
  • Mariner 10 launched

    Mariner 10 launched

    First mission to Mercury.
  • Voyager 2 Launched

    Voyager 2 Launched

    Was to conduct closeup studies of Jupiter and Saturn, Saturn's rings, and the larger moons of the two planets.
  • First Space Shuttle Launch

    First Space Shuttle Launch

    20 years after the first manned space flight.
  • First American woman in space

    First American woman in space

    Sally Ride
  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster

    It broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, and killed 7 people.
  • Galileo Launched

    Galileo Launched

    Studied Jupiter and its moons.
  • Hubble launched

    Hubble launched

    For more information on the universe around us.
  • International Space Station construction finished

    International Space Station construction finished

    Zarya
  • First tourist in space

    First tourist in space

    Dennis Tito was the first tourist in space.
  • Columbia Disaster

    Columbia Disaster

    Disintegrated over Texas and Louisiana as it reentered Earth's atmosphere, killing all seven crew members.
  • First Launch of Space ship One

    First Launch of Space ship One

    Space Ship One is a suborbital air-launched spaceplane that completed the first manned private spaceflight in 2004.
  • New Horizons Launched

    New Horizons Launched

    The mission is to find PLuto, then visit one or more Kuiper Belt Objects beyond Pluto.
  • First Chinese space walk

    First Chinese space walk

    Zhai Zhigang became his countrys first spacewalker.
  • Last Space Shuttle Launch

    Last Space Shuttle Launch

    STS-135
  • Curiosity Mars Landing

    Curiosity Mars Landing

    Curiosity is a car-sized robotic rover exploring Gale Crater on Mars.

  • New Horizons reaches Pluto

    even though it already has reached Pluto they want to see if it can go farther into the Kupier belt.