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Space Exploration

By Gt20518

  • Sputnik I

    Sputnik I
    Launched in space, by Soviet Union. First satellite sent to orbit Earth, and was a success. Sputnik, helped a lot with research,

  • Explorer I

    Explorer I
    Is first Amercian satellite put into space. It was launched right after the Soviet's Sputnik 1 and 2. The satellite remained in space until 1970 and was the first to record the Van Allen radiation belt. It was also the first of the 90 Explorer spacecraft series.

  • First Man in Space

    First Man in Space
    Yuri Gagarin was the first man in space. He was sent by the Russians on the Vostok 1 space craft. He then became the soviet hero and this advanced the Russians in the space race.

  • First American in Space

    First American in Space
    First American in Space. On May 5, 1961, Mercury Astronaut Alan B. Shepard, Jr. blasted off in his Freedom 7.

  • First Women in Space

    First Women in Space
    On June 16, 1963, aboard Vostok 6, Soviet Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to travel into space. After 48 orbits and 71 hours, she returned to earth, having spent more time in space than all U.S. astronauts combined to that date.

  • First Woman to Walk in Space

    First Woman to Walk in Space
    The first woman to walk in space was also a cosmonaut: Svetlana Savitskaya was on her second mission when she spaced-walked on July 17, 1984.

  • Apollo 1 Launched

    Apollo 1 Launched
    It would have been launched on February 21, 1967, but Astronauts Virgil Grissom, Edward White, and Roger Chaffee lost their lives when a fire swept through the Command Module (CM). The astronauts entered the Apollo at 1:00 p.m., Friday, 27 January 1967.

  • First Humans on Moon.

    First Humans on Moon.
    Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC. Armstrong became the first to step onto the lunar surface six hours later on July 21 at 02:56 UTC

  • First US Woman in Space

    First US Woman in Space
    On June 18, 1983, a young physicist from California took her seat aboard the space shuttle and launched into history. On that date, Sally Ride became the first American woman in space as a mission specialist on STS-7.

  • Clemetine

    Clemetine
    Clementine was launched on 25 January 1994 at 16:34 UTC (12:34 PM EDT) from Vandenberg AFB aboard a Titan IIG rocket. After two Earth flybys, lunar insertion was achieved on February 21.

  • Lunar Prospector

    Lunar Prospector
    Lunar Prospector is the third mission selected by NASA for full development and construction as part of the Discovery Program.