Space Exploration

By mowen16

  • Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite in space.

  • Yuri A. Gagarin

    Soviet, Yuri A. Gagarin, became first man in space. He orbited Earth and returned safely.

  • John Glenn

    Becam the first U.S. citizen the orbit the Earth.

  • Project Apollo

    Apollo 11 landed on the moons surface. Niel Armstrong became the first human and U.S. citizen to walk on the moon's surface.

  • Voyager 1 and Voyager 2

    Launched in 1977 and are now headed towards deep space. Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter and Saturn and Voyager 2 flew past Jupiter, Saturn, Uranis and Neptune.

  • Galileo

    Reached Jupiter in 1995, studied Jupiter's atmospheric pressure, composition, temperature, and other things. It also relased a smalled space probe to study Jupiter's moons, Io and Europa which indicated signs of life.