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Space Exploration Timeline

By wurkhard

  • Sputnik 1

    This mission was unmanned. It was important because it showed that going to space was possible. It proved that objects put in space could survive.

  • Explorer 1

    This mission was not a manned mission. This misson was important because it was the United States first satellite.

  • Mercury Freedom 7

    This was the first manned mission. It was manned by Alan Shepard. Shepard observed the Earth and tested the capsule's attitude control system.

  • Gemini 3

    This misson was manned. It was manned by, Virgil l. Grissom and John W. Young. The mission's primary goal was to test the new Gemini spacecraft.

  • Apollo 11

    This mission was manned. It was manned by, Neil A. Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin E. Aldrin, Jr. It was the United States space mission for the Space Race during the Cold War. To win the race. Either Russia or the United States had to land humans on the Moon. The US did, in fact win.

  • Viking 1

    This mission was unmanned. Viking 1 was the first of two spacecraft sent to Mars as part of NASA's Viking program. It was the first spacecraft to land on Mars sucessfully and perform its mission.

  • Voyager 1

    This mission was unmanned. It was important because, it was launched to study the outer Solar System.

  • Columbia Space Shuttle

    This mission was unmanned. Space Shuttle Columbia was the first Space Shuttle in NASA's orbital fleet.

  • Mars Pathfinder

    This mission was unmanned. Mars Pathfinder is an American spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on Mars in 1997.

  • International Space Station

    This was unmanned. The International Space Station is a space station, or an man made satellite in low Earth orbit.

  • Opportunity

    This was unmanned. This is one of the Mars rovers that is currently active.

  • Spirit

    This was unmanned. This is one of the Mars rovers that is currently active.

  • Kepler

    This mission was unmanned.It is important because it is designed to survey a portion of our region of the Milky Way.

  • Curiosity

    It is a rover that is currently exploring Mars. It has high technology so we can find any signs of organic (things that once lived) things.