Space pic

3, 2, 1, BLAST OFF

By willow.hart
  • Spuntnik 1

    Spuntnik 1

    First satilite to orbit earth
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    Race to Space

  • First animal in space

    First animal in space

    Laika was the first animal in space
  • First Man

    First Man

    Yuri Gagarin was the first man to orbit earth
  • First American

    First American

    Alan Sheperd was one of the Mercury 7 and was the first American in Space.
  • First Orbit

    First Orbit

    John Glenn was the first man to orbit Earth
  • Woman in Space

    Woman in Space

    Valentina was the frist woman to go to space
  • Space Walking

    Space Walking

    Alexei was the first man to walk while in space.
  • A Passby

    A Passby

    Mariner 4 passes by mars when on the mission to mars
  • Moon Landings

    Moon Landings

    Apollo 11 lands on moon and Neil Armstgrong's famous words are "One small step for man, one giant leep for mankind."
  • A Orbit Worth Taking

    A Orbit Worth Taking

    The Mariner 9 orbits Mars as a satilite offically of Mars. As arrival apoun mars being November 13, 1971
  • A Station of the U.S.

    A Station of the U.S.

    the U.S. launched it's first stailite in to orbit, but it was only the begining
  • A Farout Fly

    A Farout Fly

    Pioneer 10 made its first pass of Jupirter also being the first spacecraft to pass through the astroid belt to the sector of the outer planets. It now flies as a silent ghost ship in space.
  • A Union for Space

    A Union for Space

    As a group effort the U.S. and U.S.S.R. launched the Apollo-Soyuz on U.S. soil. this was the official end of the Race to Space.
  • A long way to go

    A long way to go

    The Viking 1 touched down on Mars as the first of 2 Mars Rovers.
  • A Start of Station Living

    A Start of Station Living

    This was the first launch of a space shuttle. Space shuttle columbia had started this whole space shuttle program
  • A Woman!

    A Woman!

    Sally Ride was the first American woman into space.
  • First Time Failure

    First Time Failure

    As the Challenger left the atmoshpere is was blown in to pieces with a sad ending for the astronauts who died on that space shuttle.
  • Teacher Power

    Teacher Power

    First teacher to go to space although it was a short flight
  • A Satilite for U.S.S.R.

    A Satilite for U.S.S.R.

    The Mir was a russian satilite that went up in space
  • Space Obsevations

    Space Obsevations

    The Hubble Space Telescope was launched to study far off objects in space.
  • A Shared Station

    A Shared Station

    First space station used by multiple countries. Although it was assembeled in parts the first pat was sent up on this day.
  • A Sad Departure

    A Sad Departure

    The Columbia space shuttle explodes while reentering the atmoshere even after starting the space shuttle program