space exploration

sputnik 1 launch

Oct 4, 1957

when the first man made sattilite was launched into space

Allan Shepard

Mar 5, 1961

First American in space

first man in space

Apr 12, 1961

Yuri A. Gagarin is first man in space

First American to orbit

Jan 1, 1962

first american to orbit the earth

Mariner 2 is launched

Aug 27, 1962

Mariner 2 is launched to study venus's atmosphere

First man on moon

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin are the first men on the moon

pioneer 10

Mar 3, 1972

pioneer 10 is launched on a mission to veiw and take pictuers of jupiter

Viking 1

Aug 20, 1975

Viking is launched to orbit and map mars

magellan

May 4, 1989

magellan is launched to map venus's surface

hubble space telescope

Apr 24, 1990

year that the hubble space telescope was launched