Kennedy Space Center

National Aeronautic and Space Administration : it's the principal american lauching site for satellites and space flights.

On October 4th, 1957, Sputnik 1 is lauched by the Union of Soviet Socialist Republics.

January 1958, Explorer 1 is lauched by the United States.

On July 29th, 1958, NASA is created.

May 5th, 1961, Alan B. Shepard is the first American in space with Freedom 7.

In 1962 John H. Glenn orbits the earth for 4 hours 56 mins.

July 16th, 1969, Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin land on the moon while Michael Collins remains in lunar orbit.

July 21st, 1969, first step of the man on the Moon.

In 1975, Apollo-Soyuz Mission : American astronauts and Russian cosmonauts dock their modules together.

On May 31st, 1975, the European Space Agency is created. The purpose of ESA is to develop space reseach and technology.

In 1976, The spacecraft Viking lands on Mars and sends photographs of the planet.

In 1977, Pathfinder is sent to Mars to collect rock samples and take photographs.

On January 28, 1986, the United States space shuttle Challenger is destroyed 73 seconds after take off from Kenedy Space Center. Seven people die in the the accident.