Timeline: space history | Timetoast

Period: Mar 16, 1950 to Mar 16, 1970

time
Oct 4, 1957

launch of sputnik

Summury
Sputnik launched in Russia.
significance
To get sputnik in orbit
Jan 31, 1958

first us satelite
Jul 29, 1958

NASA founded

The government set up the first space program. They founded it to explore space.
Dec 15, 1959

space monkey

They sent a monkey into space. He tested the the escape system.
Nov 3, 1960

dog in space

launched 57 dogs in all to space. To test if people could go into space.
Apr 12, 1961

first man to orbit earth

He orbited Earth. To test space out.
May 5, 1961

first us man in space
Feb 20, 1962

first us man to orbit earth

He orbited the earth in
Jun 6, 1963

first women in space

a woman went into space (Russian) It was the first woman in space.
Oct 12, 1964

first space walk

3 cosmonauts Wladimer komarov,Bons yegorv,Konstathn Feoktisov. It was the first ever walk in space.
Jun 20, 1965

first us space walk

He walk out of the ship gemini 4. He went into space He have to perpare the space craft
Dec 4, 1965

gimini 7

206 obits, all objectives were achived. Flew a space craft.
Dec 21, 1968

apollo 8

successful space craft all wrere achived. Returned high resolution pics of landing sites
Jun 16, 1969

first man on the moon