-
Russia launched the first satellite into space; Sputnik 1, and the space age had properly begun .
-
The Russian space dog Laika became the first animal to orbit the earth
-
Vanguard 1 satellite was launched into orbit . Although
communication with it was lost in 1964, it still remains the oldest
human made satellite still in orbit -
NASA was founded . NASA has pushed the boundaries of human explorations .
-
Luna 1, the first human made satellite to orbit the moon, was
launched by the USSR. -
Pioneer 4 was launched and fell into a solar orbit, becoming the
first U.S. sun orbiter . -
Both American and Russian scientists were in a race to get a spacecraft to the Moon; the Russians made it first
-
Luna 2 was launched and hit the moon on September 13,
becoming the first human made object to hit the moon. -
Luna 3 translunar satellite was launched , orbiting the moon and
photographing 70% percent of the far side of the moon . -
Discoverer XIV launched the first U.S camera equipped corona spy satellite .
-
Mercury Freedom 7 carried Alan Shepard, the first U.S.
astronaut into space in a suborbital flight . -
Vostok 2 was launched by the USSR carrying Gherman Titov The first day long Soviet space flight.
-
Mercury Aurora 7 was launched with M. Scott Carpenter,
making three orbits around . -
Vostok 6 carried Valentia Tereshkova , the first woman in space orbited the Earth 48 times .
-
First staffed flight of the Gemini program, Gemini 3 carrying
Virgil I , Grissom & John W. Young It made 3 orbits
around the Earth -
apollo's 17 return from the moon . last three austronauts to travel to the moon splash down safely i n the pacific ocean .
