Timeline: Space Timeline by Rahul N | Timetoast

Oct 4, 1957

Russians launch first space satelite.
Nov 3, 1957

Laika becomes the first living creature sent from Earth to space.
Jan 1, 1958

Launch of the 1st U.S. satelite.
Oct 7, 1959

Russian Probe Luna 3 sends first pictures of far side of the moon.
Jan 31, 1961

NASA launches Ham the first chimpanzee on the moon.
Apr 1, 1961

Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space 108 mins.
May 1, 1961

First American in space. (Alan Shepherd).
Feb 1, 1962

First astronaut to orbit the Earth.
Dec 1, 1962

NASAS Mariner 2 scans surface of Venus.
Mar 1, 1965

Saviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov makes the first space walk.
Jul 1, 1965

Mariner 4 files by Mars.
Feb 10, 1966

First moon landing by (soviet spacecarft Luna 9)
Jan 10, 1967

Fire on the launch pad on Apollo 1 kills 3 U.S. astronauts.
Apr 1, 1967

First death in space (Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komorov).
Oct 10, 1967

Soviet craft Venero 4 lands on Venus.
Dec 1, 1968

First crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon. (Apollo 8
Jun 1, 1969

Saviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshikova becomes first woman in space.
Jul 1, 1969

First man to walk the moon (Neil Armstrong).
Nov 1, 1970

Russian rover first vehicle to drive on the moon.
Apr 1, 1971

Launch of the first space station.
Dec 1, 1973

First space probe to fly by Jupiter.
Mar 1, 1974

First space probe to fly by Mercury.
Jul 1, 1975

First U.S. and Soviet spacecraft docking.
Jul 1, 1976

First successful landing on Mars.
Sep 1, 1979

First Saturn Fly-by (Pioneer 11).
Apr 1, 1981

First space shuttle launch (Columbia).
Jan 1, 1986

First Uranus fly-by (Voyager 2).
Jan 1, 1986

Space shuttle challenger explodes during launch, killing all 7 crew members.
Feb 1, 1986

Launch of Russian space station Mir.
Mar 1, 1986

First fly-by of Halley's comet (by European space probe Giotta).
Aug 1, 1989

First Neptune fly-by (Voyager 2).
Apr 1, 1990

Space shuttle discovery launches Hubble Space Telescope
Nov 1, 1998

First part of the International Space Station launched.
Sep 1, 1999

Mars Climate orbiter disappears after orbiting Mars.
Dec 1, 1999

Mars Polar lander disappears creating further embarassment for NASA.
Mar 1, 2001

Mir space station abandoned and crashes off the coast of Australia in the pacific ocean.
Apr 1, 2001

First tourist in space (Dennis Tita).
Feb 1, 2003

Space shuttle Columbia explodes on re-entry and kills all 7 cosmonauts.
Jan 1, 2004

Twin Mars exploration rover missions Spirit and Opportunity land on Mars.
Mar 18, 2011

First Orbit of Mercury
Aug 25, 2012

First manmade probe in interstellar space.
Jul 1, 2015

First fly-by of dwarf planet Pluto.