National Aeronautics and Space Administration
8 records
1960s
8 records
1961
Alan Shepard becomes first American in space
Category: Launches and Flight TestsType: Suborbital launch
Shepard completed a suborbital flight aboard Freedom 7.
1962
Mariner 2 flies past Venus
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Flyby
Mission: Mariner 2
Mariner 2 completed the first successful close-range planetary encounter.
1965
Ed White makes the first American spacewalk
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Spacewalk (EVA)
White worked outside Gemini 4 during an orbital flight.
Mariner 4 flies past Mars
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Flyby
Mission: Mariner 4
Mariner 4 returned close-range photographs of Mars during its encounter.
1966
Gemini VIII completes the first orbital docking
Category: Mission Operations and MilestonesType: Docking or berthing
Mission: Gemini VIII
Neil Armstrong and David Scott docked Gemini VIII with its Agena target vehicle.
1967
Apollo 1 crew lost in ground-test fire
Category: Accidents and Unplanned IncidentsType: Ground accident
Mission: Apollo 1
Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee died during an Apollo spacecraft ground test.
1968
Apollo 8 photographs Earthrise
Apollo 8’s crew photographed Earth rising above the lunar horizon.
1969
Neil Armstrong takes the first lunar step
Category: Human Spaceflight ActivitiesType: Surface excursion
Armstrong stepped onto the Moon at about 02:56 UTC.