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launch of Sputnik 1.
The Sputnik 1 spacecraft was the first artificial satellite successfully placed in orbit around the Earth and was launched from Baikonur Cosmodrome at Tyuratam in Kazakhstan, then part of the former Soviet Union. -
Launch of Sputnik 2
Sent the first living thing into space.
Showed that living things can survive in space. -
Luna 1 is Launched
First man made object to orbit sun.
Origanaly set to go to the moon ,but got of course and
went into orbit. -
Explorer 1 is Launched
First American satellite launched into space.
Explorer 1 made 58,000 orbits before bujrning up in earths
atsmophere. -
First man in Space.
On that day in 1961,Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space, making a 108 minute orbital flight in his Vostak 1 spacecraft. -
First American in space.
First American in space.
Got U.S. back into space race. -
John G. orbits three times.
The first American to orbit the Earth, John Glenn made history when at the age of 77, he became the oldest person to travel in space. -
Ranger 7 transmits the first close range images of the Moon.
Ranger 7 was designed to transmit high-resolution photographs of the lunar surface during the final minutes of flight up to impact. -
Luna 9 becomes the first spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon.
Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to achieve a lunar soft landing and to transmit photographic data from the Moon's surface to Earth, preceding the U.S. Surveyor 1 soft lander by about 4 months. -
Apollo 11
Apollo 11 launched from Cape Kennedy on July 16, 1969, carrying Commander Neil Armstrong, Command Module Pilot Michael Collins and Lunar Module Pilot Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin into an initial Earth-orbit of 114 by 116 miles. An estimated 530 million people watched Armstrong's televised image and heard his voice describe the event as he took "...one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind" on July 20, 1969.