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Sputnik 1
the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until January 4, 1958. -
Sputnik 2
carrying the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until April 13, 1958. -
Explorer 1
the first U.S. satellite in orbit, lifts off at Cape Canaveral using a modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C rocket. It carries a scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, and discovers the Earth's radiation belt. -
Luna 1
first man-made satellite to orbit the sun, is launched by the U.S.S.R. -
Vostok 1
launched by the U.S.S.R., carrying Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space. He orbits the Earth once. -
Mercury Freedom 7
carries Alan B. Shepard,Jr., the first U.S. Astronaut into space, in a suborbital flight. -
Mercury Friendship 7
lifts off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times. -
Vostok 6
carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times. -
Voskhod 2
The first space walk made by Soviet Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov. Duration is 12 minutes. -
Gemini 4
Edward White II makes the first U.S. space walk from Gemini 4. Duration is 22 minutes. -
Soviet Luna 9
is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. -
Apollo 8
launched with Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr. and William A. Anders, the first Apollo to use the Saturn V rocket, and the first manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon, making 10 orbits on its 6-day mission. -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11. -
Apollo 13
launched, suffering an explosion in its SM oxygen tanks. Its Moon landing is aborted, and the crew, James A. Lovell, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr. and Fred W. Haise, Jr., return safely. -
Apollo 15
astronauts David Scott and James Irwin drive the first moon rover. -
Apollo 17
Landed on the moon on December 11, 1972 the american crew consisted of Eugene A. Cernan, Ronald E. Evans, Harrison H. Schmitt. The EVA duration was 22 hours and 4 minutes. They left the moon on December 14 and landed in Earth December 19, 1972.
