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Spudnik-1 launch into orbit
The first man made object to orbit the earth. launch by the USSR -
Sputnik-2 launched
was carrying a dog. it was the first living thing in space launched by the USSR -
Explorer 1 launched
the first U.S. satellite in orbit, was launched into
space. It discovered the Earth’s radiation belt. -
Vanguard 1 launched
satellite was launched into orbit. Although
communication with it was lost in 1964, it remains the oldest
human made satellite still in orbit. launched by US -
NASA was founded.
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Pioneer 1 launched
first launch by NASA. -
Sputnik 3 launched
launched by the USSR -
Luna 1 launched
the first human made satellite to orbit the moon, was
launched by the USSR -
Pioneer 4 launched
fell into a solar orbit, becoming the
first U.S. sun orbiter. -
Luna 2 launched
hit the moon on September 13,
becoming the first human made object to hit the moon. -
Tiros 1 launched
the first successful weather satellite was launched by
the United States -
Discoverer XIV launched
the first U.S. camera equipped
Corona spy satellite. -
Vostok 1 launched
carrying cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin, the first man in space. He orbits the Earth once -
Mercury Freedom 7 launched
carried Alan Shepard, the first U.S.
astronaut into space in a suborbital flight. -
Vostok 2 launched
Vostok 2 was launched by the USSR carrying Gherman Titov,
the first day long Soviet space flight. -
Mercury Friendship 7 launched
took off with John Glenn, Jr. the first
American in orbit, and orbited the Earth three times. -
Mercury Aurora 7
Mercury Aurora 7 was launched with M. Scott Carpenter,
making three orbits. -
Telstar 1, U.S. satellite, beamed the first live transatlantic telecast.
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U.S. Mariner 2
the first successful planetary spacecraft flew
past Venus, and entered a solar orbit. -
Vostok 6 launched
carried Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space
and orbited the Earth 48 times. -
U.S. Ranger 7
relayed the first close-range photographs of the
Moon. -
The first space walk
from Soviet Vostok 2 by Alexei A. Leonov. Duration was 12 minutes. -
First staffed flight of the Gemini program
Gemini 3 carrying Virgil I. Grissom and John W. Young. It made three orbits around the Earth. USA -
Edward White made the first U.S. space walk
from Gemini 4. Duration was 22 minutes -
U.S. Mariner 4
Returned the first close-range images of Mars. -
Soviet Venus 3 was launched
becoming the first craft to hit Venus on March 1, 1966. -
Gemini 7 was launched
carrying Frank Borman and James A.Lovell, Jr., making 206 orbits around Earth and proving a trip to the Moon possible. -
first space rendezvous
American astronauts Walter Schirra, Jr. and Thomas Stafford in
Gemini 5 made the first space rendezvous with Gemini 7. -
Soviet Luna 9
was the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon. -
Soviet Luna 10
was the first spacecraft to orbit the moon. -
Surveyor 1
was the first U.S. spacecraft to soft-land on the Moon. -
Soviet Soyuz 1 was launched
carrying Vladimir M. Komarov. On April 24 it crashed, killing Komarov, the first human space flight fatality. -
Venera 4
sent a descent capsule into the atmosphere of Venus,
returning data about its composition. -
Soviet Zond 5 was launched
the first spacecraft to orbit the Moon and return. -
Apollo 7 was the first staffed Apollo mission
Walter M. Schirra, Jr., Donn F. Eisele, and Walter Cunningham. It orbited the Earth once. -
Apollo 8 was launched
Frank Borman, James A. Lovell, Jr., and William A. Anders, the first Apollo to use the Saturn V rocket, and the first staffed spacecraft to orbit the moon, making 10 orbits on its 6-day mission. -
Soyuz 4&5 perform the first Soviet spaceship docking
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First man on Moon
Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. made the first staffed soft
landing on the moon and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11.