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The Soviet Union launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1, into space.
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The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, went into orbit in space.
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The National Aeronautics and Space Administration began operation.
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First NASA launch from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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NASA research pilot John McKay made the last flight in the X-1E.
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The United States launched two monkeys on a Jupiter missile and recovered them after a flight.
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The United States launched the first successful meteorological satellite, for monitoring Earth’s weather.
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Russian Lt. Yuri Gagarin became the first human to orbit Earth in Vostok 1. His flight lasted 108 minutes, and he reached an altitude of 202 miles.
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John Glenn’s flight to space made him the first American to orbit Earth.
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Astronaut Neil Armstrong took “a giant step for mankind” when he stepped onto the moon then six Apollo missions were made to explore the moon between 1969 and 1972.
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Pioneer 10 was launched to Jupiter from Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Apollo 17 was the last of the six Apollo missions to the Moon, and the only one to include a scientist.
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Voyager 2 was launched from Cape Canaveral, Florida. Eventually, between Voyager 1 and 2 they explored all the giant outer planets, 48 of their moons, and the unique system of rings and magnetic fields that those planets possess.
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The launch of the space shuttle Columbia marked a period of reliability on the reusable shuttle for civilian and military space missions.
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Sally K. Ride road on the STS-7 mission and became the first American woman to fly in space.
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Guion S. Bluford became the first African American astronaut.
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Space Shuttle Columbia carried the first non-U.S. astronaut, Ulf Merbold of West Germany, into space.
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Twenty-four successful shuttle launches filled many scientific and military requirements until the day when the shuttle Challenger exploded, killing seven it's seven passengers.
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The Magellan mission to Venus launched on STS-30 and mapped 99 percent of the surface at high resolution.
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NASA announced that a team of its scientists had uncovered evidence that microscopic life may have once existed on Mars.
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The Mars Pathfinder rover landed on Mars. It was launched on a Delta II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
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The Space Shuttle Columbia’s 26th flight was led by Air Force Col. Eileen Collins, the first woman to command a Shuttle mission.
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Terra is part of an international program to monitor climate and environmental change on Earth over the next 15 years.
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The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up in the atmosphere 15 minutes before its scheduled landing.
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The Cassini Huygens spacecraft became the first spacecraft to go into orbit around Saturn.
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The Space Shuttle Discovery launched successfully into orbit, marking NASA’s first return to human spacetravel after the Columbia tragedy.
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Soyuz 40 will take Barry Wilmore, Yelena Serova and Alexander Samoukutyaev from the Baikonur Cosmodrome in Kazakhstan.
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Description: Launching on a Russian Soyuz from Baikonur Cosmodrome, Kazakhstan, Progress 57 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.
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Soyuz 41 will take Terry Virts and Samantha Cristoforetti to the International Space Station.
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Launching on a Falcon 9 from Cape Canaveral Air Force Station, SpaceX 6 will deliver cargo and crew supplies to the International Space Station.
