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Space Exploration

  • 1st Man-Made Satellite

    1st Man-Made Satellite

    The first artificial satellite was Sputnik 1.
  • 1st Living Creature in Space

    1st Living Creature in Space

    Laika, the dog, was the first creature on space.
  • NASA Founded

    NASA Founded

    Dwight D. Eisenhower founded NASA.
  • 1st Human in Space

    1st Human in Space

    Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space.
  • 1st American in Space

    1st American in Space

    Alan B. Shepard was the first American in space.
  • 1st American in Orbit

    1st American in Orbit

    John Glenn was the first American in orbit.
  • 1st Woman in Space

    1st Woman in Space

    Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
  • 1st Spacewalk

    1st Spacewalk

    Alexei Leonov made the first spacewalk.
  • 1st Two People to be on the Moon

    1st Two People to be on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin were the first two people to be on the moon.
  • Skylab Launched

    Skylab Launched

    Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA.
  • 1st Launch

    1st Launch

    STS-1 was the first orbital flight of NASA's Space Shuttle program.
  • 1st American Woman in Space

    1st American Woman in Space

    Sally Ride was the first American woman in space.
  • Challenger Disaster

    Challenger Disaster

    The NASA Space Shuttle orbiter Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight. Which lead to the deaths of its seven crew members, which included five NASA astronauts and two payload specialists.
  • Hubble Telescope Launched

    Hubble Telescope Launched

    The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit and remains in operation.
  • International Space Station

    International Space Station

    Assembly of the International Space Station is about the construction of an Earth-orbiting space station.
  • 1st Landing on an Asteroid

    1st Landing on an Asteroid

    NEAR Shoemaker is the 1st Landing on an Asteroid.
  • Columbia Disaster

    Columbia Disaster

    A piece of foam insulation broke off from the Space Shuttle external tank and struck the left wing.
  • Spirit

    Spirit

    The rover was originally designed for a 90 Sol mission and it landed on Mars.
  • Opportunity

    Opportunity

    The rover was originally designed for a 90 Sol mission and it landed on Mars.
  • Cassini-Huygens Arrives at Saturn

    Cassini-Huygens Arrives at Saturn

    Cassini–Huygens is an unmanned spacecraft sent to the planet Saturn.
  • Skylab Falls to Earth

    Skylab Falls to Earth

    It was America's first manned space station.
  • Curiosity

    Curiosity

    Curiosity was launched from Cape Canaveral.
  • Last Launch

    Last Launch

    Dan Winters was one of a few who got close-up access to the shuttles for their final launches.