Space exploration By Joe Readman

First man on the moon in 1969 Click on video to watch

04 Oct 1957: Sputnik satellite blasts into space 03 Nov 1957: Russians launch dog into space 13 Dec 1958: Monkey lost after space flight 28 May 1959: Monkeys survive space mission 12 Sep 1959: Soviets launch rocket at the Moon 26 Oct 1959: World glimpses far side of the Moon 14 Mar 1960: Radio telescope makes space history 31 Jan 1961: Chimp returns safely after space flight 12 Apr 1961: Soviets win space race 05 May 1961: Shepard becomes first US astronaut 25 May 1961: Kennedy pledges man on Moon 06 Aug 1961: Russian cosmonaut spends day in space 20 Feb 1962: US spaceman orbits Earth 26 Apr 1962: First US rocket lands on Moon Space time line

04 Oct 1957: Sputnik satellite blasts into space

03 Nov 1957: Russians launch dog into space

13 Dec 1958: Monkey lost after space flight

28 May 1959: Monkeys survive space mission

12 Sep 1959: Soviets launch rocket at the Moon

26 Oct 1959: World glimpses far side of the Moon

14 Mar 1960: Radio telescope makes space history

31 Jan 1961: Chimp returns safely after space flight

12 Apr 1961: Soviets win space race

05 May 1961: Shepard becomes first US astronaut

25 May 1961: Kennedy pledges man on Moon

06 Aug 1961: Russian cosmonaut spends day in space

20 Feb 1962: US spaceman orbits Earth

26 Apr 1962: First US rocket lands on Moon

14 Dec 1962: 'Music of spheres' hails Venus fly-by 16 Jun 1963: Soviets launch first woman into space 24 Mar 1965: Millions watch space probe crash into Moon 29 Aug 1965: Gemini V returns to Earth 03 Feb 1966: Soviets land probe on Moon 02 Jun 1966: First US space probe lands on Moon 27 Jan 1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy 24 Apr 1967: Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash 05 May 1967: First all-British satellite 'Ariel 3' launched 18 Oct 1967: Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus 19 Oct 1967: US probe flies by hot and windy Venus 24 Dec 1968: First astronauts orbit Moon

14 Dec 1962: 'Music of spheres' hails Venus fly-by

16 Jun 1963: Soviets launch first woman into space

24 Mar 1965: Millions watch space probe crash into Moon

29 Aug 1965: Gemini V returns to Earth

03 Feb 1966: Soviets land probe on Moon

02 Jun 1966: First US space probe lands on Moon

27 Jan 1967: Three astronauts die in Apollo 1 tragedy

24 Apr 1967: Russian cosmonaut dies in space crash

05 May 1967: First all-British satellite 'Ariel 3' launched

18 Oct 1967: Soviets glimpse beneath clouds of Venus

19 Oct 1967: US probe flies by hot and windy Venus

24 Dec 1968: First astronauts orbit Moon

22 May 1969: Apollo 10 gets bird's eye view of Moon 16 Jul 1969: Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon 19 Nov 1969: Second Apollo mission lands on Moon 14 Apr 1970: Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13 20 Sep 1970: Soviet probe collects moon rock 06 Feb 1971: Man plays golf on the Moon 30 Jun 1971: Space mission ends in tragedy 01 Aug 1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon 13 Nov 1971: American probe orbits Mars 20 Apr 1972: Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis 14 Dec 1972: Last Moon mission returns 08 Feb 1974: Americans end outer space marathon

22 May 1969: Apollo 10 gets bird's eye view of Moon

16 Jul 1969: Apollo 11 takes off for the Moon

19 Nov 1969: Second Apollo mission lands on Moon

14 Apr 1970: Critical explosion cripples Apollo 13

20 Sep 1970: Soviet probe collects moon rock

06 Feb 1971: Man plays golf on the Moon

30 Jun 1971: Space mission ends in tragedy

01 Aug 1971: Apollo 15 finds rock from birth of Moon

13 Nov 1971: American probe orbits Mars

20 Apr 1972: Apollo 16 safely on Moon after engine crisis

14 Dec 1972: Last Moon mission returns

08 Feb 1974: Americans end outer space marathon

20 Jul 1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship 11 Jul 1979: Skylab tumbles back to Earth 24 Dec 1979: Europe launches first rocket 12 Nov 1980: Saturn's rings caught on film 24 Jun 1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns 20 Feb 1986: Soviets launch space station Mir 29 Sep 1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space 25 Aug 1989: Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune 24 Apr 1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space 10 Aug 1990: Magellan starts mapping Venus 18 May 1991: Sharman becomes first Briton in space

20 Jul 1976: Pictures of Mars from Viking ship

11 Jul 1979: Skylab tumbles back to Earth

24 Dec 1979: Europe launches first rocket

12 Nov 1980: Saturn's rings caught on film

24 Jun 1983: US astronaut Sally Ride returns

20 Feb 1986: Soviets launch space station Mir

29 Sep 1988: Shuttle blasts US back into space

25 Aug 1989: Voyager spacecraft reaches Neptune

24 Apr 1990: Hubble telescope takes off for space

10 Aug 1990: Magellan starts mapping Venus

18 May 1991: Sharman becomes first Briton in space

09 Feb 1995: Space pioneers take first small steps 29 Jun 1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station 06 Apr 1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission 06 Jul 1997: Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet 07 Nov 1998: Oldest astronaut back on Earth 28 Apr 2001: First space tourist blasts off 01 Feb 2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven 15 Oct 2003: China sends first man into space 25 Dec 2003: Mars space probe disappears 25 Jan 2004: Nasa rover looks for water on Mars

09 Feb 1995: Space pioneers take first small steps

29 Jun 1995: US shuttle docks with Russian space station

06 Apr 1997: Fault cuts short space shuttle mission

06 Jul 1997: Mars buggy starts exploring Red Planet

07 Nov 1998: Oldest astronaut back on Earth

28 Apr 2001: First space tourist blasts off

01 Feb 2003: Columbia shuttle disintegrates killing seven

15 Oct 2003: China sends first man into space

25 Dec 2003: Mars space probe disappears

25 Jan 2004: Nasa rover looks for water on Mars

Famous explorers Yuri Gagain Alan Shepherd John Glenn Vostok 1(Apirl 12,1961) missions: March 27,1968 date of death: March 9,1934 date of birth: Quick Facts Mercury 3(May 5,1961), Apollo 14 (January 31-February 9, 1971) Mission: November 18,1923 Date of Birth: Quick Facts Mercury 6 (February 20,1962) STS-95 (October 29,1998- November 7, 1998) Missions: July 18,1921 Date of Birth: Quick Facts

Donald Slayton Neil Armstrong Buzz Aldrin ASTP (Apollo-Soyuz Test Project) (July 15-24, 1975) Missions: March 1,1924 Date of Birth: Quick Facts First to step foot on the moon. Records: Apollo 11 (July 20,1969) Missions: August 5, 1930 Date of Birth: Quick Facts Apollo 11(July 16-24,1969), Gemini 12(November 11-15, 1966) Missions: Jan. 30, 1930 Date of Birth: Quick Facts

Sally Ride Alan Bean Christa McAuliffe Christa McAuliffe was the first teacher in space. STS-7(June 18-24, 1983) 41-G (October 5-13, 1984) Missions: May 26, 1951 Date of Birth: Quick Facts Apollo 12 (November 14, 1969-November 24, 1969), Skylab3 (July 28,1973 -September 23) Missions: March 15,1932 Date of birth: Quick Facts Shuttle mission 51-L aboard the Challenger (January 28, 1986) Missions: January 28, 1986 Date of Death: September 2, 1948 Date of Birth: Quick Facts

Gus Grissom John Young Story Musgrave Liberty Bell 7 (July 21, 1961) Gemini 3 (March 23, 1965 Missions: January 27, 1967 Date of Death: April 3, 1967 Date of Birth: Quick Facts Gemini 3 (March 23, 1965) Gemini 10 ( July 18-21, 1966) Apollo 10 (May 18-26, 1969) Apollo 16 (April 16-27, 1972) STS-1 (April 12-14, 1981) STS-9 (November 28-December 8,1983) Missions: September 24, 1930 Date of Birth: Quick Facts STS-6 (April 4-9, 1983) 51-F (July 19-August 6, 1985 missions: August 19, 1935 Date of Birth: Quick Facts

James Lovell Helen Sharman Valentina Tereshkova Apollo 8 (December 21-27, 1968) Apollo 13 (April 11-17, 1970) Gemini 7 ( December 4-18, 1965) Gemini 12 (November 11-15, 1966) Missions: March 25, 1928 Date of Birth: Quick Facts

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