History of Space Flight

Apollo space mission landed men on the moon in 1969. The first sucessful moon landing was Apollo11. In all, there were 18 Apollo missions.The Apollo was started by John F. Kennedy in 1960

Space travel began on Oct. 4,1957 when the Russians launched Sputnic. It was the first artificial satilite to fly in space. it weighed 184lbs,and orbited around the earth every 96 mins. and had a radio bleeper that transmitted for 21 days.

 

John Glenn was the first man to orbit the Earth.

The first seven astrounaughts were Donald K. Slaton, Walter M Schirra,Jr.,

L Gordn Cooper,Jr.,MScott Carpenter,Virgil I Grisim ,John H Glenn, Jr,Alan J Shepred Jr.