"I think I'm going to be spacesick"
P.A. Chekov
"Amok Time"
"If our present culture survives it will be because we
have been able to develop individuals for whom change
is the central fact of life and who have been able to live
comfortably with this central fact."
C. Rogers
from "Freedom To Learn"
P.A. Chekov
"Amok Time"
"If our present culture survives it will be because we
have been able to develop individuals for whom change
is the central fact of life and who have been able to live
comfortably with this central fact."
C. Rogers
from "Freedom To Learn"
History of Earth's Space Age
dates listed are launch dates of the mission
Interesting information:
approximately 50% of all space travelers suffer space sickness!
2012 space taxi scheduled to replace shuttle
2005 first burial of ashes in space, including James Doohan
1994-5 longest time in space, V. Poluakov, 678d 17h 33m 18s
1965 first child born to space travelers: Dr. Elena Andrionova,
daughter of V. Teshkov and Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonauts
most space walks: Anatoliy Sulovyov, 77h 41m completed in 16 EVAs,Soyuz
Significant Events In Earth's Space Age:
10/3/42 first successful ballistic rocket, Germany.
Beginning of the Space Age
4/16/46 first US ballistic rocket
7/24/50 first 2 stage rocket
10/4/57 first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1
11/3/57 first living being in space, Laika (dog), Sputnik 2
1/31/58 first US satellite, Explorer
12/13/58 first monkey in space, Gordo, Jupitar AM-13
5/28/59 first monkey to survive reentry, Able, Jupitar AM-18
1/2/59 first craft to escape Earth’s atmosphere, Luna 1
1/2/59 first craft to reach moon, Luna 1
10/4/59 first photos of the farside of the moon, Luna 2
4/1/60 first weather satelitte
2/12/61 first craft to reach Venus, Venera 1
4/12/61 first man to orbit earth, Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1
5/5/61 first American in space, Alan Shephard Jr, Freedom 7
7/13/61 first Soviet monkey to land and survive, Boris, Luna 15
2/20/62 first American to orbit earth, John Glenn, Friendship 7
8/62 first simultaneous flight of 2 ships, Vostok 3,Vostok 4
11/1/62 first to ship to reach Mars, Mars 1
6/16/63 first woman in space, V.V. Tereshkova, Vostok 6
10/12/64 first multi person crew, V.M. Komarov,K.P. Feoktistov,
B.B. Egorov, Voshkod 1(Vostok 11)
3/18/65 first space walk, Alexsei Leonov. Voshkod 2
5/3/65 first American space walk, Ed White, Gemini 4
11/16/65 first to impact planet (Venus), Venera 3
1966 first successful docking of 2 space craft, Neil
Armstrong, David Scott, Gemini 8, Gemini 9
1/31/66 first soft landing on moon, Luna 9
3/31/66 first artificial satellite of moon, Luna 10
5/30/1966 first US soft landing on moon, Surveyor
10/30/67 first automatic docking of spacecraft, Kosmos 186 and
Kosmos 188
9/15/68 first ship to return after circling the moon, Zond 5
12/21/68 first manned orbit of the moon, Apollo 8
1/16/69 first crew transfer in space, V.A. Shatolov, B.V.
Volynov, A.S. Eliseev, E.V. Khrunov, Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4
7/3/69 Launchpad explosion kills 5. Destroys launch pad and 5
story underground area. Ends Soviet moon quest.
7/16/69 first manned lunar landing, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldarin, Neil
Armstrong, Michael Collins, Apollo 11
7/16/69 first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11
7/20/69 first man on moon, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11
10/69 first simultaneous flight of three space ships, Soyuz 6,
Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8
4/11/70 first repair of spacecraft in space, Apollo 13
9/12/70 Luna 16 first automatic soil return from moon
12/15/70 first successful soft landing on Venus, Venera 7
3/28/71 first landing on Mars, Mars 3
4/19/71 first space station, Salyut 1
4/24/71 first docking of spaceship to space station, Salyut,
Soyuz 10
7/26/71 first lunar rover brought to moon, Apollo 15
11/10/71 first Soviet rover on the moon, Lunokhod 1(Luna 17)
3/3/72 first to fly out of solar system, Pioneer 10
3/3/72 first to explore asteroid belt, Pioneer 10
3/3/72 first to reach Jupiter, Pioneer 10
5/14/73 first US unmanned space station, Skylab
1974 first manned space station, Salyut 3
7/15/75 first docking of Russian and US craft,Apollo 18,Soyuz 19
3/2/78 first non US/non USSR human in space, Vladimir Remek
3/2/78 first international crew A.A. Gubarev, V. Remek
(Czechoslovakia), Soyuz 28
1979 spacestation falls and burns up on re-entry, Skylab
4/12/81 first space shuttle in space, Columbia
2/84 Salyut 7 space station loses electric power and begins
to tumble into a decaying orbit
7/18/84 first space walk by woman, S.E. Savitskaya, Salyut 7
6/85 Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh fix Salyut 7
space station in fur lined space suits, chipping ice off
controls and bulkheads. Can only work 40 min at time
while station is in direct sunlight.
2/19/86 assembly begins on MIR (peace), first international,
long-term manned space station
11/15/88 first unmanned flight in space and landing of space
shuttle, Buran
9/8/89 MIR manned permantly
4/24/90 Hubble Telescope launched, Discovery
12/25/91 cosmonaut, Fedov, stranded on MIR without a space
program when Soviet Union disintegrates. Listed as
“the last Soviet citizen” in the country's records
12/2/93 Hubble telescope repaired in space, Endaevor
2/3/94 first Russian cosmonaut to fly on US mission, Sergei
Krikalev, Discovery
2000 first privately funded spaceflight, to MIR
2001 first space tourist, Dennis Tito, Soyuz
10/15/03 first Chinese manned spaceflight,Yang Liwei,Shenzhov 5
2004 first private manned space flight, SpaceShipOne
2004 first private astronaut in space, Mike Melville
dates listed are launch dates of the mission
Interesting information:
approximately 50% of all space travelers suffer space sickness!
2012 space taxi scheduled to replace shuttle
2005 first burial of ashes in space, including James Doohan
1994-5 longest time in space, V. Poluakov, 678d 17h 33m 18s
1965 first child born to space travelers: Dr. Elena Andrionova,
daughter of V. Teshkov and Andrian Nikolayev, cosmonauts
most space walks: Anatoliy Sulovyov, 77h 41m completed in 16 EVAs,Soyuz
Significant Events In Earth's Space Age:
10/3/42 first successful ballistic rocket, Germany.
Beginning of the Space Age
4/16/46 first US ballistic rocket
7/24/50 first 2 stage rocket
10/4/57 first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1
11/3/57 first living being in space, Laika (dog), Sputnik 2
1/31/58 first US satellite, Explorer
12/13/58 first monkey in space, Gordo, Jupitar AM-13
5/28/59 first monkey to survive reentry, Able, Jupitar AM-18
1/2/59 first craft to escape Earth’s atmosphere, Luna 1
1/2/59 first craft to reach moon, Luna 1
10/4/59 first photos of the farside of the moon, Luna 2
4/1/60 first weather satelitte
2/12/61 first craft to reach Venus, Venera 1
4/12/61 first man to orbit earth, Yuri Gagarin, Vostok 1
5/5/61 first American in space, Alan Shephard Jr, Freedom 7
7/13/61 first Soviet monkey to land and survive, Boris, Luna 15
2/20/62 first American to orbit earth, John Glenn, Friendship 7
8/62 first simultaneous flight of 2 ships, Vostok 3,Vostok 4
11/1/62 first to ship to reach Mars, Mars 1
6/16/63 first woman in space, V.V. Tereshkova, Vostok 6
10/12/64 first multi person crew, V.M. Komarov,K.P. Feoktistov,
B.B. Egorov, Voshkod 1(Vostok 11)
3/18/65 first space walk, Alexsei Leonov. Voshkod 2
5/3/65 first American space walk, Ed White, Gemini 4
11/16/65 first to impact planet (Venus), Venera 3
1966 first successful docking of 2 space craft, Neil
Armstrong, David Scott, Gemini 8, Gemini 9
1/31/66 first soft landing on moon, Luna 9
3/31/66 first artificial satellite of moon, Luna 10
5/30/1966 first US soft landing on moon, Surveyor
10/30/67 first automatic docking of spacecraft, Kosmos 186 and
Kosmos 188
9/15/68 first ship to return after circling the moon, Zond 5
12/21/68 first manned orbit of the moon, Apollo 8
1/16/69 first crew transfer in space, V.A. Shatolov, B.V.
Volynov, A.S. Eliseev, E.V. Khrunov, Soyuz 5, Soyuz 4
7/3/69 Launchpad explosion kills 5. Destroys launch pad and 5
story underground area. Ends Soviet moon quest.
7/16/69 first manned lunar landing, Edwin ‘Buzz’ Aldarin, Neil
Armstrong, Michael Collins, Apollo 11
7/16/69 first manned mission to the moon, Apollo 11
7/20/69 first man on moon, Neil Armstrong, Apollo 11
10/69 first simultaneous flight of three space ships, Soyuz 6,
Soyuz 7, Soyuz 8
4/11/70 first repair of spacecraft in space, Apollo 13
9/12/70 Luna 16 first automatic soil return from moon
12/15/70 first successful soft landing on Venus, Venera 7
3/28/71 first landing on Mars, Mars 3
4/19/71 first space station, Salyut 1
4/24/71 first docking of spaceship to space station, Salyut,
Soyuz 10
7/26/71 first lunar rover brought to moon, Apollo 15
11/10/71 first Soviet rover on the moon, Lunokhod 1(Luna 17)
3/3/72 first to fly out of solar system, Pioneer 10
3/3/72 first to explore asteroid belt, Pioneer 10
3/3/72 first to reach Jupiter, Pioneer 10
5/14/73 first US unmanned space station, Skylab
1974 first manned space station, Salyut 3
7/15/75 first docking of Russian and US craft,Apollo 18,Soyuz 19
3/2/78 first non US/non USSR human in space, Vladimir Remek
3/2/78 first international crew A.A. Gubarev, V. Remek
(Czechoslovakia), Soyuz 28
1979 spacestation falls and burns up on re-entry, Skylab
4/12/81 first space shuttle in space, Columbia
2/84 Salyut 7 space station loses electric power and begins
to tumble into a decaying orbit
7/18/84 first space walk by woman, S.E. Savitskaya, Salyut 7
6/85 Vladimir Dzhanibekov and Viktor Savinykh fix Salyut 7
space station in fur lined space suits, chipping ice off
controls and bulkheads. Can only work 40 min at time
while station is in direct sunlight.
2/19/86 assembly begins on MIR (peace), first international,
long-term manned space station
11/15/88 first unmanned flight in space and landing of space
shuttle, Buran
9/8/89 MIR manned permantly
4/24/90 Hubble Telescope launched, Discovery
12/25/91 cosmonaut, Fedov, stranded on MIR without a space
program when Soviet Union disintegrates. Listed as
“the last Soviet citizen” in the country's records
12/2/93 Hubble telescope repaired in space, Endaevor
2/3/94 first Russian cosmonaut to fly on US mission, Sergei
Krikalev, Discovery
2000 first privately funded spaceflight, to MIR
2001 first space tourist, Dennis Tito, Soyuz
10/15/03 first Chinese manned spaceflight,Yang Liwei,Shenzhov 5
2004 first private manned space flight, SpaceShipOne
2004 first private astronaut in space, Mike Melville
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