This document provides a timeline and overview of major events and accomplishments in space exploration from 1957 to 2004, including the first satellites, spaceflights of animals and humans, lunar landings, Mars missions, and key figures like Neil Armstrong, Yuri Gagarin, and Sally Ride. It also profiles several famous explorers and their missions, and includes videos and diagrams related to space travel.

1. Space exploration By Joe Readman

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

3. 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

4. 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

5. 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

6. 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

7. 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

8. 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

9. 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

10. 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

11. 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

12. 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

13. First Man and Woman to land on the moon Neil Armstrong Valentina Tereshkova

14. How a apace shuttle takes off A space shuttle goes about 17,500 mph to keep its self flying.

15. The 11 planets

16. Videos What it would be like to have no gravity John Young falling over finding a lost sample bag

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