Space exploration timeline #2

First U.S. satellite in orbit

Jan 31, 1958

The U.S. launches its first satellite into orbit

Time span

Period: Oct 8, 1958 to Oct 8, 1980

FIrst living being in space

Aug 19, 1960

The soviet craft Sputnik 5 carried two dogs up into space and returned alive

First American in space

May 5, 1961

Astronaut Alan Shepard: First American in space.

Plan for man on the moon U.S.

May 25, 1961

President Kennedy made a plan to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.

first human in space

Oct 8, 1961

russians send the first human into space

First women in space

Oct 9, 1962

Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova ; First woman in space.

FIrst American to walk in Space

Jun 3, 1965

Astronaut Ed White ; first American to walk in space.

First men on the moon

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.

Moon Rover

Jul 30, 1971

The moon rover was driven on the moon for the first time.

Skylab is launched

May 14, 1973

The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab.