Space Exploration By kwiley418 Oct 4, 1957 1st Artificial Sattelite; Sputnik; USSR Nov 3, 1957 1st Mammal in Orbit; Laika (dog); USSR Jul 7, 1959 Mercury Program begins; US Apr 12, 1961 1st Man in Space; Yuri Gagarin; USSR May 5, 1961 1st US Astronaut in Space; Alan Shepard; US (Project Mercury) Jan 3, 1962 Gemini Program Began Feb 20, 1962 1st US Astronaut to Orbit Earth; John Glenn Jr.; US (Project Mercury) Mar 1, 1963 Apollo Program Began; US Jun 16, 1963 1st Woman in Space; Valentina Tereshkova; USSR Jan 1, 1969 1st Man on the Moon; Neil Armstrong; US Apollo 11 Sep 5, 1971 Voyager I and II are Launched Jan 1, 1981 1st Space Shuttle Mission; Columbia; US
