Timeline By Monica Acosta Mar 16, 1926 Goddard's Rocket Oct 3, 1942 Wernher Von Braun's V2 Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1 launched Jan 31, 1958 Explorer 1 Launched Oct 1, 1958 NASA founded Apr 1, 1960 Launch of Tiros 1 Apr 19, 1961 Yuri Gagarin's first trip to space May 5, 1961 First American in space Jul 10, 1962 Launch of TELESTAR Aug 27, 1962 Launch of Mariner 2 Apr 8, 1964 Gemini 1 launch Feb 21, 1967 Apollo 1 launch Jul 16, 1969 Apolla 11 launch May 14, 1973 lLaunch of Skylab Nov 3, 1973 Launch of Mariner 10 Aug 20, 1975 Launch of Viking 1 Sep 9, 1975 Launch of Viking 2 Aug 20, 1977 Launch of Voyager 2 Sep 5, 1977 Launch of Voyager 1 Apr 12, 1981 Space shuttle First Flight
