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Space Exploration Timeline

By miaduffy4

  • First American Women in Space

    First American Women in Space
    June 19- Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on Challengers second mission.

  • Satellite

    Satellite
    October 4- The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, into space, Sputnik.1.

  • Human in Space

    Human in Space
    April 12- Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

  • American in Space

    American in Space
    May 5- Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space.

  • Ameriacn in Orbit

    Ameriacn in Orbit
    February 20- astronaut John Glenn became the first American in orbit.

  • Woman in Space

    Woman in Space
    June 16- Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

  • Walk in Space

    Walk in Space
    March 18- While tethered to his spacecraft, cosmonaut Alexi Leonov became the first man to walk in space.

  • American Walk in Space

    American Walk in Space
    June 3- Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space.

  • Spacecraft

    Spacecraft
    February 3- The Russian spacecraft Luna became the first spacecraft to land on the moon.

  • American Spacecraft

    American Spacecraft
    June 2- Surveyor 1 became the first American spacecraft to land on the moon.

  • Zond 5

    Zond 5
    September 15- The soviet spacecraft Zond 5 was launched and later became the first spacecraft to orbit the moon and return to Earth.

  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    December 21- Apollo 8 was launched, and later her crewmembers became the first men to orbit the moon.

  • On the Moon

    On the Moon
    July 20- Neil Armstrong and “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men on the moon! They arrived on the Apollo 11.
    “One small step for man one giant leap for mankind.” Neil Armstrong.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    April 11- Apollo 13 was launched.

  • Venerea 7

    Venerea 7
    December 15- The Soviet Venerea 7 became the first probe to land on Venus.

  • Moon Rover

    Moon Rover
    July 30- The moon rover was driven on the moon for the first time.

  • Walk on the Moon

    Walk on the Moon
    December 11- Eugene Cernan and Harrison “Jack” Schmitt became the last men to walk on the moon.

  • Skylab

    Skylab
    May 14- The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab.

  • Voyager 2

    Voyager 2
    August 26- Voyager 2 reached Saturn and began transmitting images.

  • First American Women in Space

    First American Women in Space
    June 19- Sally Ride became the first American woman in space on Challengers second mission.

  • First Untethered walk in Space

    First Untethered walk in Space
    February 3- Astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first man to take an untethered space walk.

  • Vovager 2

    Vovager 2
    January 24- Voyager 2 began transmitting images from Uranus.