18 explore space

Space exploration events

By mhurlop011

  • WAC Corporal

    It was the first Us designed rocket that reached the edge of space.

  • Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite.

  • Sputnik 2

    First animal, a dog called Laika, was sent to the orbit by the USSR.

  • Vostok I

    First manned flight carrying Yuri Gagarin.

  • Vostok 6

    First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova).

  • APOLLO 11

    First human on the Moon and first space launch from a celestial body (by NASA) - Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin

  • Salyut 1

    First space station (USSR)

  • Voyager 1

    First photograph of the whole Solar System (by NASA).