Timeline of N.A.S.A Events by Miss D's Sixth Grade By ajd81379 Period: Jan 1, 1950 to Dec 31, 2010 Timespan for NASA Activity Oct 1, 1958 N.A.S.A. formally organized. N.A.S.A. Website May 5, 1961 Alan Shepard- First Man in Space Biography of Alan Shepard Feb 20, 1962 John Glenn-First man tro orbit the Earth Biography of John Glenn Jun 3, 1965 Ed White-First American to walk in Space Biography of Ed White Jul 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin-first men to walk on the moon. Apollo 11 Crew May 14, 1973 SkyLab Space Station is launched. Official Skylab Space Station Website Jul 15, 1975 Apollo/Soyuz-First human spaceflight mission managed jointly by two nations. Official NASA Apollo/Soyuz Website Jul 20, 1976 Viking I Launched Viking I Website Sep 3, 1976 Viking II launched Viking II website Mar 5, 1977 Voyager I Spacecraft passes Jupiter Apr 12, 1981 The first STS mission wirh Space Shuttle Columbia Jan 28, 1986 Space Shuttle Challenger breaks apart in flight, killing all crew memebers aboard. Challenger STS 51-L Accident Apr 25, 1990 NASA's Hubble Telescope sent into space for exploration http://hubblesite.org/ Dec 4, 1998 The First ISS space shuttle flight Biography of STS 1 Dec 31, 2010 ISS is scheduled to be completed International Space Station: Assembly Flight Sequence
