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Sputnik 1
The world’s first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball(58 cm.or 22.8 inches in diameter). It took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on it’s elliptical path. This launch changed everything. -
Explorer 1
Was the first satellite launched by the Untied States when it was sent into space on January 31, 1958. Following the launch of the Soviet Union’s Sputnik 1 on October 4,1957 -
Mercury Freedom 7
The main scientific objective of project Mercury was to determine man’s capabilities in a space environment and in those environments to which he will be subject upon going into and returning from space. -
Gemeni 3
All primary objectives were achieved except the controlled reentry objective was only partially achieved. The angle of attack during reentry was lower than expected. Secondary objectives were only partially achieved. The personal hygiene system was only partially tested, Operating mechanism failed on S-2 - Synergistic Effect of Zero Gravity on Sea Urchin Eggs Experiment. -
Apollo 11
The primary objective of Apollo 11 was to complete a national goal set by President John F. Kennedy on May 25, 1961: perform a crewed lunar landing and Return to Earth. -
Viking 1
Experiments prompted by a 2008 surprise from NASA’s Phoenix Mars Lander suggest that soil examined by NASA’s Viking Mars landers in 1976 may have contained carbon-based chemical building blocks of life. -
Voyager 1
Entered interstellar space. The NASA’s spacecraft, which rose from Earth on a September morning 36 years ago, has traveled farther then anyone, or anything, in history. Now Voyager -
Mars Pathfinder
Mars Pathfinder was designed to be a demonstration of the technology necessary to deliver a lander and a free-ranging robotic rover to the surface of Mars. Pathfinder not only accomplished this goal but also returned an unappreciated amount of data and outlived its primary design life. -
International Space Station
On the station, sensors inside the crew areas monitor radiation levels. NASA scientists, who have maintained radiation data since the beginning of human space flight, continue to learn about the dangers it poses. Researchers use the station to test materials that could be used for Mars-bound spacecraft. -
Spirit and Opportunity
Both were launched from the Delta II rocket which was also responsible for launching all Mars related missions: Mars Global Surveyor in 1996, Mars Pathfinder in 1996, Mars Climate Orbiter in 1998, Mars Polar Lander in 1999, Mars Odyssey in 2001, and Mars Phoenix in 2007 -
Kepler
The challenge now is to find terrestrial planets especially those in the habitable zone of their stars where liquid water and possibly life might exist. -
Curiosity
The 1-ton Curiosity rover has spent the past few days studying a Martian sandstone slab, assessing whether or not to break out its drill and collect samples from the rock's interior. -
Columbia Space Shuttle
The first Of NASA’s orbiter fleet , was delivered to Kennedy Space Center in March 1979. Colombia initiated the Space Shuttle flight program when it lifted off Pad A in the Launch Complex 39 area at KSC on April 12,1981.
