Space Exploration (Apr 10)

Laika (Dog in Space)

Nov 3, 1954

First living creature in space

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

First satellite in space

NASA

Jul 29, 1958

The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the United States government agency responsible for the civilian space program as well as aeronautics and aerospace research

Yuri Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

First man in space sent by the Soviet Union.

Alan Shepard

May 5, 1961

FIrst American sent into space.

John Glenn

Feb 20, 1962

First American to orbit.

Valentina Tereshkova

Jun 16, 1963

First women in Space.

Alexey Leonov

Jun 3, 1965

Conducted first space walk.

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans on the Moon, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.

Skylab

May 14, 1973

Skylab was a space station launched and operated by NASA and was the United States' first space station.

Skylab Crashes

Jul 11, 1979

Skylab fell back to Earth after six years in orbit.

STS-1

Apr 12, 1981

First shuttle launch.

Sally Ride

Jun 18, 1983

First American Women n Space.

Space Shuttle Challenger disaster

Jan 26, 1986

Challenger Disaster.

Hubble Telescope

Apr 24, 1990

The Hubble Space Telescope is a space telescope that was launched into low Earth orbit in 1990, and remains in operation. With a 2.4-meter mirror,

International Space Station

Nov 20, 1998

The International Space Station is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite, in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998.

NASA’s NEAR Shoemaker

Feb 12, 2001

FIrst thing to land on a asteroid.

Columbia Disaster

Feb 1, 2003

Space Shuttle Columbia disaster.

Spirit the Mars Rover

Jun 10, 2003

Is a robotic rover on Mars, active from 2004 to 2010.

Opportunity

Jan 25, 2004

The Mars Rover

STS-135

Jul 8, 2011

Last shuttle launch.

Curiosity

Apr 10, 2015

The Third Mars Rover