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!