SPACE TRAVEL 1960's

1960's

Period: Jan 1, 1960 to Dec 31, 1969

1960's

Period: Jan 1, 1961 to Dec 31, 1969

First manned spaceflight (Yuri Gagarin)

Apr 12, 1961

First manned orbital flight

Apr 12, 1961

First orbital solar observatory

Mar 7, 1962

First planetary flyby

Dec 14, 1962

First woman in space

Jun 16, 1963

First reusable manned spacecraft

Jul 19, 1963

First extra-vehicular activity

Mar 18, 1965

First Mars flyby

Jul 14, 1965

First orbital rendezvous

Dec 15, 1965

First soft landing on another world

Feb 3, 1966

First photos from another world

Feb 3, 1966

First impact into another planet

Mar 1, 1966

First orbital rendezvous

Mar 16, 1966

First artificial satellite around another world

Apr 3, 1966

Soviet Soyuz 1 is launched, carrying Vladimir M. Komarov. On April 24 it crashed, killing Komarov, the first spaceflight fatality.

Apr 23, 1967

First artificial satellite around another world

Oct 30, 1967

First orbital ultraviolet observatory

Dec 7, 1968

First human orbiting of another celestial body

Dec 21, 1968

First human on the Moon and first space launch from a celestial body

Jul 21, 1969

First rendezvous on the surface of a celestial body

Nov 19, 1969

sPACE tRAVEL 1990'S

Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Dec 31, 1999

SPACE TRAVEL

Period: Jan 1, 1990 to Dec 31, 1999