July 14 - The spacecraft Mariner 4 transmitted the first pictures of Mars.June 3 - Astronaut Ed White became the first American to walk in space.March 18 - While tethered to his spacecraft, cosmonaut Alexi Leonov became the first man to walk in space.June 16 - Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.February 20 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American in orbit.May 25 - President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.May 5 - Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American in space.April 12 - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.They became the first living beings to survive a trip into space. August 19 - The Soviet craft Sputnik 5 was launched, carrying the dogs Strelka and Belka.The satellite was sent aloft from Cape Canaveral in Florida by the Jupiter C rocket that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology. January 31 - Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into orbit on January 31, 1958.November 3 - The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board.October 4 - The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.Finding Aids for Records on Space Exploration.
Information about the United States space flight programs, including NASA missions and the astronauts who participate in the efforts to explore Earths galaxy.
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