1958-01-04 mission end

Sputnik 1 reenters

Category: Returns and Mission Endings › Type: Re-entry

Mission: Sputnik 1

The first artificial satellite reentered Earth’s atmosphere.

1965-03-18 human spaceflight

Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk

Category: Human Spaceflight Activities › Type: Spacewalk (EVA)

Leonov left Voskhod 2 through an airlock for the first extravehicular activity.

1970-12-15 landing

Venera 7 transmits from Venus

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Landing

Mission: Venera 7

Venera 7 returned data from the surface of Venus.

1975-07-17 docking

Apollo and Soyuz dock

Category: Mission Operations and Milestones › Type: Docking or berthing

American and Soviet spacecraft docked during their joint test mission.