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By Callxn17
  • First satellite in space by USSR

    First satellite in space by USSR

    Sputnik 1 launched by USSR.
  • First living creature in space

    First living creature in space

    Laika was a dog placed aboard the sputnik 2 (USSR).
  • First US satellite launch

    First US satellite launch

    Explorer 1
  • Founding of NASA

    Founding of NASA

    National Aeronautics and Space Administration
  • First US animal in space

    First US animal in space

    Ham the Chimpanzee was sent on the Mercury Redstone 2
  • First human in space and first to orbit earth (USSR)

    First human in space and first to orbit earth (USSR)

    Yuri Gagarin on Vostok 1 in a 108 minute orbit
  • First American in space

    First American in space

    Alan Shepard on Freedom 7
  • Commitment to lunar landing

    Commitment to lunar landing

    US president John F. Kennedy sets a goal with Congress to land a man on the moon within the decade.
  • First American to orbit Earth

    First American to orbit Earth

    John Glenn aboard the Friendship 7 on a 3 orbit mission
  • first woman in space

    first woman in space

    Valentina Tereshkova aboard the Vostok 6 (USSR)
  • First orbital rendezvous in space between 2 spacecrafts

    First orbital rendezvous in space between 2 spacecrafts

    This was in a US Gemini mission
  • First multi person spacecraft flight (USSR)

    First multi person spacecraft flight (USSR)

    The crew of Voshkov 1 was Vladimir Komarov, Konstantin Feokistov, Boris Yegorov.
  • First human spacewalk (USSR)

    First human spacewalk (USSR)

    Aleksei Leonov aboard the Voshkod 2
  • First US multi person mission

    First US multi person mission

    the crew on the Gemini 3 was Gus grissom and John Young.
  • First human death during spaceflight (In flight)

    First human death during spaceflight (In flight)

    Vladimir Komarov aboard the Soyuz 1, parachute failure on landing.
  • First American spacewalk

    First American spacewalk

    Ed White on Gemini 4
  • First docking of 2 crewed spacecraft in orbit

    First docking of 2 crewed spacecraft in orbit

    Gemini 8 with the crew Neil Armstrong and David Scott.
  • first major tragedy in human spaceflight (During testing)

    first major tragedy in human spaceflight (During testing)

    On Apollo 1 astronauts Gus Grissom, Ed white, and roger Chaffee died in a cabin fire during a ground test.
  • First manned mission to orbit the moon

    First manned mission to orbit the moon

    Apollo 8 US with a crew of Frank Borman, James Lovell Jr, William Anders.
  • First crewed mission to land on the moon

    First crewed mission to land on the moon

    Apollo 11 US with the crew of Neil Armstrong, Buzz Aldrin, Michael Collins. Armstrong and Aldrin walked on lunar surface.