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 A

Two monkeys launched in a Jupiter nose cone

Apollo I launch pad fire kills the crew

Apollo IV launched to the Moon unmanned

Apollo V is launched unmanned

Apollo VII makes a single Earth orbit

Apollo VIII makes the first manned Moon orbit

Apollo IX makes first test of complete Apollo craft

Apollo X makes rehearsal for full lunar landing

Apollo XI is launched, landing first man on Moon

Apollo command module tested atop Saturn I rocket

Aurora VII makes three orbits with Scott Carpenter

 E

The first U.S. satellite Explorer I is launched

Explorer II launched but fails to reach orbit

Explorer III is successfully launched into orbit

Explorer VII is launched

 F

Freedom VII launched carrying Alan Shepherd

John Glenn orbits Earth aboard Friendship VII

 G

Gemini III makes three orbits around the Earth

Ed White makes space walk aboard Gemini IV

Gemini V spends eight days in space

Gemini VI rendevous' with Gemini VII in orbit

Gemini VII makes 206 orbits of the Earth

Gemini VIII makes first coupling of two spacecraft

Gemini IX is launched

Gemini X is launched

Gemini XI is launched

Buzz Aldrin makes space walk aboard Gemini XII

 K

Kennedy commits U.S. to Moon landing

 L

Liberty Bell VII launched with Gus Grissom

Luna I is launched. First satellite to orbit the Sun

Luna II is launched, impacting the Moon

Luna III orbits the Moon taking photographs

Luna IV misses the Moon

Luna V impacts the Moon

Luna VI misses Moon by 159,000km

Luna VII impacts the Moon

Luna VIII impacts the Moon

Luna IX makes first soft landing on the Moon

Luna X becomes the first craft to orbit the Moon

Luna XI enters Moon orbit and returns pictures

Luna XII achieves a Moon orbit

Luna XIII returns lunar panoramas

Luna XIV is launched unmanned

Luna XV is launched

Luna 1968A has a launch pad failure

Luna 1969A has a launch failure

Luna 1969B has a launch failure

Luna 1969C has a launch failure

Lunar Orbiter I returns photos of Moon surface

Lunar Orbiter II returns photos of Moon surface

Lunar Orbiter III returns photos of Moon surface

Lunar Orbiter IV returns photos of Moon surface

Lunar Orbiter V returns photos of Moon surface

 M

Mercury I is launched unmanned

Mercury II launched containing the chimp Ham

 N

First official day of N.A.S.A.

 P

Pioneer 0 destroyed by explosion after take off

The Pioneer I space probe is launched

Pioneer II fails to achieve lunar orbit

Pioneer III fails to place its payload in Moon's vicinity

Pioneer IV achieves Earth-Moon trajectory

 R

Ranger I fails to achieve intended orbit

Ranger II gets stranded in low Earth orbit

Ranger III leaves Earth's orbit but misses Moon

Ranger IV crash lands on the far side of the Moon

Ranger V attempted Moon impact

Ranger VI launched and impacts the Moon

Ranger VII relays close range photos of Moon

Ranger VIII transmits high quality images of Moon

Ranger IX transmits high quality images of Moon

 S

Wally Schirra flies six orbits aboard Sigma VII

Vladimir Kamarov is killed aboard Soyuz I

Soyuz II is launched unmanned

Soyuz III makes rendevous with Soyuz II

Soyuz IV and V perform first Soviet space docking

Soyuz V transfers crew to Soyuz IV while docked

The Russians launch Sputnik I

Sputnik II is launched, carrying the dog Laika

Sputnik III placed into orbit with payload of 7000lbs

Surveyor I makes first U.S. landing on the Moon

Surveyor II is launched but engine fails

Surveyor III makes a soft landing on the Moon

Surveyor IV is launched but contact is lost

Surveyor V returns data from all it's experiments

Surveyor VI lands on lunar surface successfully

Surveyor VII lands on rim of lunar crater

 V

The U.S. launch Vanguard I into orbit

Vanguard II is launched

Vanguard TV-3 explodes on the launch pad

Voskhod I becomes the first mulit-manned flight

First space walk by Alexei Leonov aboard Voskhod II

Vostok I launched carrying Yuri Gagarin

Vostok II launched carrying Gherman Titov

Vostok III flies in close orbit with Vostok IV

Vostok IV flies in close orbit with Vostok III

Vostok V sets Soviet manned duration record

Vostok VI carries first woman into space

 Z

Zond 1968A has a launch pad failure

Zond 1969A has a launch failure

Zond 3 lunar flyby

Zond IV has it's test flight

Zond V becomes first craft to orbit Moon and return

Zond VI returns a probe

Zond L1S - 1 has a launch failure

Zond L1S - 2 explodes on the launch pad