1. Space Exploration

2. Sputnik I October 4, 1957 Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1 http://history.nasa.gov/ sputnik/sputnik.wav http://history.nasa.gov/ sputnik/sputnik.wav

3. Sputnik II Laika – first dog in space November 1957

4. October 1, 1958 National Aeronautics and Space Administration NASA is formed after congress passes the National Aeronautics and Space Act

5. The Mercury Program 1959-1963

6. April 12, 1961 Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin becomes the first human to enter space and return safely Video Footage

7. Alan Shepard- First American in Space Video Footage

8. John Glenn- First American to Orbit

9. Valentina Tereshkova- First Woman in Space 1963!

10. Apollo Program (U.S.)

11. The Apollo Moon Landing – July 20, 1969 Astronauts Edwin “Buzz” Aldrin and Neil Armstrong become the first men to walk on the moon. Video Footage

12. November 13, 1971 Mariner 9 orbits Mars

13. September 1976 Water discovered on Mars

14. The Space Shuttle Program (U.S.) April 12,1981 First Space Shuttle Launch

15. Deliverables:

16. Sally Ride- First American Woman in Space June 18, 1983 Sally Ride becomes the first American woman in space with launch of shuttle mission STS-7 aboard the space shuttle Challenger

17. August 30, 1983 Guion S. Bluford Jr. becomes first African American man in space with launch of shuttle mission STS-8 aboard Challenger

18. January 28, 1986 First major catastrophe for NASA, when space shuttle Challenger (mission STS-51L) explodes 73 seconds after takeoff with 7 crew members aboard

19. February 20, 1986 Mir Station launched

20. April 24, 1990 Hubble Telescope Launched

21. July 4, 1997 Mars Pathfinders land on Mars

22. November 20, 1998 First piece of the International Space Station is launched (ISS)

23. February 1, 2003 Space shuttle Columbia explodes upon re-entry.

24. January 2004 Spirit and Opportunity arrive on the Martian surface. Opportunity still explores Mars today

25. September 8, 2004 After capturing particles from the sun, Genesis crash-lands in Utah Samples recovered from wreck

26. August 4, 2007 Phoenix Lander launches on its way to explore the northern pole of Mars