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Space Exploration Timeline
Visual journey through 75+ years of human space exploration milestones
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Space Exploration Timeline
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1969
Apollo 11 - First Moon Landing
Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to land on the Moon.
20/7/1969
US manned
1965
Gemini 4 - First American Spacewalk
American astronaut Ed White performs the first American spacewalk (EVA).
3/6/1965
US manned
1965
Alexei Leonov - First Spacewalk
Soviet cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk (EVA) in history.
18/3/1965
SU manned
1963
Valentina Tereshkova - First Woman in Space
Soviet cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova becomes the first woman to journey into space.
16/6/1963
SU manned
1962
John Glenn - First American to Orbit Earth
American astronaut John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit Earth.
20/2/1962
US manned
1961
Alan Shepard - First American in Space
American astronaut Alan Shepard becomes the first American to journey into space.
5/5/1961
US manned
1961
Yuri Gagarin - First Human in Space
Soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to journey into outer space.
12/4/1961
SU manned