Timeline: Space Exploration Timeline | Timetoast

Nov 22, 1942

First Black Man in Space
Oct 4, 1957

First Satellite in Space
Jan 31, 1958

First American Satellite in Space
Apr 12, 1961

First Commercial Space Mission
Apr 12, 1961

First Man in Space
May 5, 1961

First American in Space
Jun 16, 1963

First Woman in Space
Mar 18, 1965

First EVA (Spacewalk)
Jul 14, 1965

First Probe to Mars
Jul 20, 1969

First Person on the Moon
Dec 15, 1970

First Probe to Venus
Apr 19, 1971

First Space Station
Mar 2, 1972

First Probe to Jupiter
1975

First Probe to Mercury
Aug 20, 1977

First Probe to Uranus
Sep 1, 1979

First Probe to Saturn
Jul 23, 1980

First Asian Man in Space
Jun 18, 1983

First American Woman in Space
Aug 25, 1989

First Probe to Neptune
Jun 5, 1991

First Hispanic Man in Space
Sep 12, 1992

First Black Woman in Space
Apr 8, 1993

First Hispanic Women in Space
Jul 4, 1997

First Rover on Mars
Nov 2, 2000

First Inhabitants of the ISS
Jun 16, 2012

First Asian Woman in Space
Jul 14, 2015

First Probe to Pluto
Aug 12, 2018

First Probe to the Sun