Space Timeline

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  • V-2 mission

    V-2 mission

    This is the first picture of the Earth, in black and white, taken from 105 km of our planet.
  • Sputnik I mission

    Sputnik I mission

    Sputnik is the first artificial satellite (made in the URSS) and the first which we receive signals from space.
  • The creation of NASA

    The creation of NASA

    NASA (National Aeronautics and Space Administration), the American space administration became a real turning point in the space history of USA.
  • Pioneer 5 mission

    Pioneer 5 mission

    Pioneer 5 is the first solar probe (made by USA)
  • Vostok 1 Mission

    Vostok 1 Mission

    The Russian Youri Gagarine was the first human in space.
  • Mercury-Redstone 3 mission

    Mercury-Redstone 3 mission

    During this mission, the space shuttle named Freedom 7 was the first human-piloted space flight. Piloted by Alan Shepard, he was the first American in space.
  • Mariner 4 mission

    Mariner 4 mission

    Launched by NASA, the probe Mariner 4 realized the first close photographs of the surface of Mars and, actually, the first close photographs of an other planet.
  • Apollo 11 mission

    Apollo 11 mission

    It's during the Apollo 11 mission that the famous Neil Amstrong and Buzz Aldrin walked on the moon.
    They also realized the first sample return from the moon.
  • Skylab mission

    Skylab mission

    Skylab is the first American space station launched.
  • Mars Pathfinder mission

    Mars Pathfinder mission

    The Mars Pathfinder is a rover launched by NASA, the first which moved on a other planet ; in this case : Mars.
  • Rosetta mission

    Rosetta mission

    Rosetta is an European probe. It did the first landing on a comet (Tchouri) to analyze the soil and its composition