Daily Facts about space exploration

1969

An explosion takes place on the Apollo 12 mission to the moon, but astronauts Charles "Pete" Conrad and Alan L. Bean overcome the incident to proceed with their journey.

1968

Apollo 8, carrying astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and William Anders, becomes the first crewed spacecraft to orbit the Moon.

1968

Soviet cosmonaut Georgi Beregovoi performs the first spacewalk by a cosmonaut in a spacesuit.

1967

Astronauts Frank Borman, Jim Lovell, and Bill Anders embark on the Apollo 8 mission, becoming the first humans to orbit the Moon, a significant step in space exploration.

1961

In Project Mercury, a chimpanzee named Enos is launched into space aboard the Mercury-Atlas 5 spacecraft, contributing to human spaceflight preparations.

1957

The United States experiences its first attempt to launch a satellite, Vanguard TV3, but it ends in failure as the rocket explodes on the launch pad.

1957

The Soviet Union launches Sputnik 2, carrying Laika the dog, marking the first living creature in space.