space exploration

Sputnik 1

Oct 1, 1957

sputnik was launched in to space by the soviet union. it was the first artifiale satile in space and to orbit earth

first human in space

Mar 1, 1961

Soviet cosmonaut Yuri A.Gagarin bacme the first human in space

first american in space

May 5, 1961

on May 5 1961 Alan B.Shepard became the first american in space

project mercury

Oct 6, 1961

the first projec to send men in to space

space probes

Oct 1, 1962

Mariner 2 was launced in to orbit

first man to oribt earth

Oct 1, 1962

John Glenn was the first human to orbit earth

project gemini

Oct 6, 1966

the next stepin reaching the moon

project apollo

Jul 20, 1969

the final step to get to the moon