timeline apollo 11
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Cold War Begins
March 12, 1947First Artificial Satellite in space, launched up by the soviet union. October 4, 1957Dwight D. Eisenhower responds to sputnik by creating NASA. July 29, 1958.Soviet astronaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first to ever be in space, as well as orbit the earth fully. April 12, 1961American astronaut Alan Shepard becomes first American astronaut in space. May 5, 1961US president JFK delivers a speech in Houston, Texas about sending the first ever human to the moon. September 12, 1962Program Gemini starts. It was designed as a bridge between the Mercury and Apollo programs. The program tested equipment and trained astronauts. April 8, 1964The Apollo 1 mission blew up when trying to launch the rocket. Three astronauts: Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger B. Chaffee died in the process. January 27, 1967.Apollo 7 was the first crewed flight since the Apollo 1 mission. October 11, 1968Apollo 8 was the first crewed flight to leave the earth's gravitational sphere of influence, as well as the first to orbit around the moon. December 21, 1968Apollo 9 was the third crewed spaceflight in the Apollo program. It tested systems and procedures, critical for moon landing. March 3, 1969Apollo 10 was the fourth human spaceflight in the Apollo program, dress rehearsal for Apollo 11. May 18, 1969Apollo 11 launch. July 16, 1969 at 9:32 EDTThe Eagle landed on the moon. Buzz Aldrin and Neil Armstrong were first people on the moon. July 20, 1969 at 20:17Eagle lands safely in the Pacific Ocean nearby Honolulu. July 24, 1969
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