Space Timeline

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

who:Russia
where:Orbiting earth
why is it important: First satelite in space

1st chimpanze in space

Jan 31, 1961

who:USSR
where: to space
why is it important: 1st animal in space

First orbital solar observatory

Jun 21, 1962

who:usa(NASA)
where:solar system
why is it important: solar observatory

Mercury Project

Apr 13, 1963

who:nasa
where:space
why is it important:first astronaunts in space

First Women in Space

Jun 16, 1963

who:Valentina Teresnkova
where:space
why is it important: 1st women in space

Apollo 11

Jun 21, 1969

who:neil armstong
where:moon
why is it important: first man on the moon

Lunokhod 1

Jan 25, 1970

who:USSR
where:solar system
why is it important: first luner rover in the solar system

landed on venus for 1st time

Dec 15, 1970

who:usa(NASA)
where:venus
why is it important:see venus for real

First impact into Mars

Mar 6, 1971

who:usa
where:space
why is it important:to see mars

Mars 2

Mar 6, 1971

who:USSR
where:solar system
why is it important:first impact on mars

Venera 9

Dec 4, 1975

who:USSR
where:Venus
why is it important: first orbit around venus

Galileo

Nov 9, 1995

who:usa(NASA)
where:Jupiter
why is it important: first orbit around jupiter

Stardust

Dec 14, 2006

who:usa(NASA)
where:Comet
why is it important: first sample of a comet

First orbit of mercury

Mar 18, 2011

who:usa(NASA)
where:mercury
why is it important: to see mercury

Voyager 1

Oct 4, 2012

who:usa(NASA)
where:solar system
why is it important: first man made prode in intersteller space