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First Man Launched Into Space
On 12 April 1961, Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human to travel into space when he launched into orbit on the Vostok 3KA-3 spacecraft (Vostok 1). -
First Mars Landing
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Apollo 1 mission
Apollo 1 was scheduled to be the first manned mission of the U.S. Apollo manned lunar landing program, with a target launch date of February 21, 1967. A cabin fire during a launch pad test on January 27 at Launch Pad 34 at Cape Canaveral killed all three crew members. -
First Satellite launched into space
Sputnik 1 was the first artificial Earth satellite. It was a 58 cm diameter polished metal sphere, with four external radio antennae to broadcast radio pulses. The Soviet Union launched it into an elliptical low Earth orbit on October 4, 1957 -
First Manned Crew Lands on the Moon
Apollo 11 takes Neil Armstrong, Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin and Michael Collins to the moon. While Michael Collins orbits in the Apollo command module, Armstrong and Aldrin land on the lunar surface. There, Armstrong utters the now oft-quoted line "That's one small step for man; one giant leap for mankind" -
The challenger disaster
The Space Shuttle Challenger disaster occurred on January 28, 1986. When Space Shuttle Challenger broke apart 73 seconds into its flight, leading to the deaths of its seven crew members. -
Hubble Telescope launched into orbit
The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation. A 2.4-meter (7.9 ft) aperture telescope in low Earth orbit, Hubble's four main instruments observe in the near ultraviolet, visible, and near infrared spectra. -
ISS Launched into space
The International Space Station is a space station, or a habitable artificial satellite in low Earth orbit. It is a modular structure whose first component was launched in 1998. -
Mars Rover Curiosity Lands On Mars
He is a car sized rover. He was made to explore the planet Mars. He is part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission. -
NASA is created
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration is the agency of the United States government that is responsible for the nation's civilian space program and for aeronautics and aerospace research. It was made in july 29th 1967.
