События
Launch of the first US satellite, Explorer 1.Russian probe Luna 3 sends first pictures of the far side of the moon.NASA launch a chimpanzee named Ham into space aboard a Mercury rocket.Russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first person in space in a 108-minute flight in Vostok 1First American in SPace (Alan Shepard)Some
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happenedFirst astronaut to orbit the Earth (John Glenn, USA)NASA's Mariner 2 scans the surface of VenusSoviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman in space, aboard Vostok 6.Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov makes the first space walkMariner 4 flies by MarsFirst Moon Landing (by Soviet spacecraft Luna 9)A fire on the launch pad of Apollo 1 kills three US astronautsFirst death in space (Soviet cosmonaut Vladimir Komorov)Soviet craft Venera 4 lands on VenusFirst crewed spacecraft to orbit the moon (Apollo 8)Us astronaut Neil Armstrong becomes the first person to walk on the moonRuusian rover the first vehicle to drive on the MoonLaunch of first space station (the Soviet Salyut 1)First space probe to fly-by Jupiter (Pioneer 10)First space probe to fly-by Mercury (Mariner 10)First US and Soviet spacecraft docking (Apollo/Soyuz)First successful landing on Mars (by space probe Viking 1)First Saturn fly-by (Pioneer 11)First space shuttle launch (Columbia)First Uranus fly-by (Voyager 2)Space shuttle Challenger explodes during launch, killing all seven crewLaunch of Russia space station MirFirst fly0by of Halley's comet (by European space probe Giotto)First Neptune fly-by (Voyager 2)Space shuttle Discovery launches the Hubble Space Telescope (HST)The first port of the International Space Station (ISS) launchedMars CLimate Orbiter disappears after orbiting MarsMars Polar Lander disappears, creating further embarrassment for NASAMir space station abandoned and crashes off the coast of Australia in the Pacific OceanSpace shuttle Columbia explodes on re-entry, killing all seven astronautsTwin Mars Lander missions 'spirit' and 'opportunity' land on MarsRussians landed the first artificial satelliteA dog named Laika becomes the first living creature sent from Earth into space, aboard Russia’s Sputnik 2.Прогресс события
Project completed
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