Enos, the chimpanzee, was launched into space on the Mercury-Atlas 5 Mission.
NASA launched the Explorer 11 satellite atop a Juno II rocket from Cape Canaveral, Florida.
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 9 was launched into orbit.
NASA's Explorer 9 satellite launched from the Wallops Flight Facility in eastern Virginia.
Sputnik 5 is launched by USSR.
The world's first satellite navigation system, Transit 1-B, was successfully launched from the US.
The TIROS satellite transmitted the first-ever TV picture from space.
NASA launched the Pioneer 5 space probe from Cape Canaveral Space Force Station.
The Luna 2 spacecraft by the Soviet Union became the first human-made artifact to land on the moon's surface.
The US Air Force launched the Discoverer 1 reconnaissance satellite.
The Soviet spacecraft Luna I became the first to pass the moon.
Luna 1 is launched.
Project SCORE, the world's first communications satellite, was launched into orbit.
The US Navy's Vanguard SLV-2 launch vehicle failed to reach Earth's orbit.
The first satellite launched by the US, the Explorer 1, stopped transmitting data.
The USSR launched the Sputnik III.
Sputnik 2 soviet spacecraft burned up, returning through Earth's atmosphere.
NASA launched the Vanguard I satellite.
The first American satellite, Explorer 1, was launched into space.
Sputnik 1 falls to Earth from orbit.
Wilbur Wright Makes the First Circular Flight.
