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Photographer: Kevin W. Taken: July 21, 2008 Caption: Century of Flight Monument Pylon (1958-1962)
Additional Description:
1958
NASA
National Aeronautics and Space Administration established to develop space exploration program
1960
August 12 Echo I, first passive communications satellite launched
1960’s
Atlas intercontinental ballistic missile, never used as a weapon serves as launch system for space missions
1961
April 12
Yuri Gagarin of USSR becomes first man in space
1961
First words spoken from space I see earth. It’s so beautiful!
Yuri Gagarin
1961
May 5
First American in space is Alan B. Shepard, Jr. in Mercury spacecraft Freedom 7
1962
February 20
John Glen, Jr. becomes first American to orbit earth in Mercury Friendship 7 Submitted: August 10, 2008, by Kevin W. of Stafford, Virginia. Database Locator Identification Number: p31230 File Size: 2.160 Megabytes
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