18 сент. 2024 г. · The origins of the space race began before the end of World War II. At the time, Germany was the world leader in rocket technology, creating the ...

The first U.S. satellite, Explorer 1, went into orbit on Jan. 31, 1958. In 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to fly into space. On Feb. 20, 1962, ...

Learn about the history of humans traveling into space. The first earthling to orbit our planet was just two years old.

A driving force of the start of space exploration was during the Cold War. After the ability to create nuclear weapons, the narrative of defense/offense left ... Deep space exploration · Timeline · Outline · Vision

4 нояб. 2024 г. · The first human to go into space, Yuri Gagarin, was launched, again by the Soviet Union, for a one-orbit journey around Earth on April 12, 1961.

4 нояб. 2024 г. · The first artificial Earth satellite, Sputnik 1, was launched by the Soviet Union on October 4, 1957. The first human to go into space, Yuri ... History of space exploration · Science in space · Space applications · Space stations

Project Mercury. Project Mercury, the first U.S. program to put humans in space, made 25 flights, six of which carried astronauts between 1961 and 1963.

1957 · October 4 - The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. · November 3 - The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog ...

Spaceflight began in the 20th century following theoretical and practical breakthroughs by Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Robert H. Goddard, and Hermann Oberth, ...

Space exploration, one of the greatest technological achievements in human history, includes the Apollo missions, the Space Shuttles Columbia and Challenger, ...