Wilbur Wright

29 Nov 1961

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.