Space Explorations

Soviet Union First Satellite

Oct 4, 1957

The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.

First Dog in Space

Nov 3, 1957

The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board. Laika did not survive the voyage.

First Human in Space

Apr 12, 1961

Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

First Womam in Space

Jun 16, 1962

Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.

First Men on the Moon,Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin

Jul 20, 1969

July 20 - Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.

First Moon Sample

Sep 24, 1970

First moon sample brought to Earth

First Launched U.S. Space Station

May 14, 1973

The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab.

First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world

Mar 1, 1982

First Venus Samples

Hubble Space Telescope

Aug 24, 1990

The Space Shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.

First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)

Dec 7, 1995

First mission to jupiter

First landing on an asteroid

Feb 12, 2001

First landing on an astroid.

Larges Telescope in Space

Aug 25, 2003

NASA launched the largest-diameter infrared telescope ever in space, the Spitzer Space Telescope.

First orbit of Mercury

Mar 18, 2011

The first orbit of Mercury was made.

First probe to land on a comet

Nov 12, 2014

First manmade probe to land on a comet

First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune

Nov 21, 2014

First spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets