Timeline 1

By bailey.kiburz@thayercentral.net

  • First satalite launched

    First satalite launched
    Sputik 1

  • First human in space

    First human in space
    Yuri Gagarin

  • First American in space

    First American in space
    Alan Shepard

  • First man to circle the earth

    First man to circle the earth
    John Glenn

  • First space walk

    First space walk
    Alexei Leonov

  • Apollo 1

    Apollo 1
    a fire during a pre flight test killed all three on board

  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8
    first orbit around moon with safe return

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    launched Armstong Collins and Aldrin into earth orbit in an attempt at lunar landing

  • Apollo 13

    Apollo 13
    oxygen tank explosion, return to earth before moon landing

  • Apollo 17

    Apollo 17
    spent over 3 days on the moon

  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10
    To do a fly by of Mercury and Venus

  • Voyager 2

    Voyager 2
    Studied outmost planets of our solar system.

  • First space shuttle launched

    First space shuttle launched
    STS-1 from Kennedy Space Center

  • First American woman in space

    First American woman in space
    Sally Ride

  • Challenger disaster

    Challenger disaster
    broke apart 73 sec. into flight. 7 deaths.

  • Galileo

    Galileo
    studied Jupiter and it's moons

  • Hubble launched

    Hubble launched
    for more info. on the universe around us

  • ISS construction finished

    ISS construction finished
    with the Zarya

  • First toursist in space

    First toursist in space
    Dennis Tito took a trip to the ISS

  • Columbia disaster

    disintegrated reentering earth's atmosphere. 7 deaths

  • First launch of Spaceshipone

    First launch of Spaceshipone
    Dec. 17 2003

  • New Horizons launched

    New Horizons launched
    Purpose is to get a new understanding of Pluto and it's moons.

  • First Chinese space walk

    First Chinese space walk
    Zhai Zhigang

  • Last space shuttle launch

    Last space shuttle launch
    STS-35

  • Curiosity Mars landing

    Curiosity Mars landing
    Curiosity was a car sized robot exploring the Gale Crater on Mars.

  • New Horizons reaches Pluto

    New Horizons reaches Pluto
    New Horizons reached 50 millions miles from Pluto and captured images in summer of 2015!