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Sputnik 1
USSR beat the United States into space launching Sputnik 1. At 184 pounds, worlds first artificial satellite transmitted radio signals back to Earth for only a short time but was still a major accomplishment. -
Sputnik 2
The craft, Sputnik 2, Contained a dog named Laika. Laika lived 8 days until food and water ran out yet this still proved animals could line in space. -
Yuri Gagarin
Yuri Gagarin, first human to venture to space on the Vostok 1 . The Vostok 1 spacecraft made one complete orbit around Earth in 108 minutes. -
Alan Sheppard
The first American in space. Sheppard's flight lasted 15 minutes and five of them were considered "weightless". -
Soviet Voskhod 2 (Alexei Leonov)
The Soviet Voskhod 2 was launched into orbit with pilot Alexei Leonov and commander Pavel Belyayeu. Alexei Leonov went on the first ever tethered space walk that lasted 12 minutes. -
Apollo 8 and Saturn V
Apollo 8 first spacecraft to use Saturn V rocket and first manned spacecraft to orbit the moon making 10 orbits in the 6 day mission. -
Apollo 11
First successful soft landing on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin Jr. the first humans to set foot on another world. -
Viking 2
The spacecraft Viking 2 lands on Mars in the Plain of Utopia. It discovers and photographs water frost and sends back the stunning images of the Martian Surface. -
Challenger
America's second space shuttle, the Challenger, statrs it's first mission into space. The STS-6 mission includes Americas first space walk in 9 years. -
Voyager 2
The Voyager 2 arrives at Neptune giving first close up view of Neptune ever. -
Space Shuttle Discovery
Space Shuttle Discovery mission STS-31 carrying Edwin P. Hubble space telescope had a flawed primary mirror resulting in fuzzy images. Then they sent the telescope back.Then sent correct one out to space. -
Magellen
The U.S. spacecraft Magellan arrives at Venus mapping the planets cloud covered surface using radar. -
International Space Station
A Russian proton rocket is launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan an Asian nation. This rocket carries the Russian built Zarya Control Module the first piece of what will be the new International Space Station or ISS. -
Space Shuttle Columbia
The Space Shuttle Columbia breaks up in the atmosphere above Texas while returning to the Kennedy Space Center. The all of the 7 crew members lose there lives in this accident. -
Messenger Spacecraft
The Messenger is the first man made craft to orbit the closest planet to the sun Mercury. -
Space Shuttle Atlantis
THE Space Shuttle Atlantis was the last American space shuttle to be launched into space. It was mission STS-135 and the 4 crew members brought supplies and equipment to the International Space Center (ISC). This is the 135th flight of the space shuttle 33rd flight if Atlantis. ON July 21 at 5:57 AM eastern daylight time Atlantis landed ending the 30 year program. -
Space Shuttle Challenger
The Space Shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after liftoff on mission STS-51L resulting in loss of the spacecraft and 7 crew members. -
Colombia
The first manned mission of the Space Transport system (STS-1) Colombia, is launched on. This mission will be a test flight to try out the spacecraft's systems.
