SPACE DISCOVERY TIMELINE

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  • V-2 ROCKET

    Germany launches the V-2 rocket which was the first to reach orbit. The V-2 rocket reached an altitude os 62 miles.

  • THE FIRST

    The first animals, fruit flies, were sent on a rocket ship into space.

  • NASA

    The U.S created NASA. NASA continues to be the leading organisation in space exploration.

  • NEIL ARMSTRONG

    American astronauts land on the moon, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldin are the first humans to step foot into another world.

  • First Lady!

    First female in space. Sally Ride was a member of the NASA Challenger mission.

  • THE OLDEST

    American Astronaut John Glenn, who was the first American to orbt the earth returned to space as the oldest person in sapce.