![]() Eisenhower, becoming the first broadcast of a human voice from space.Ģ January 1959: The USSR launches Luna 1, known as the first "cosmic rocket" as it accidentally escaped the orbit of the Moon due to the object having too much speed. It captured world attention by broadcasting a pre-recorded Christmas message from US President Dwight D. It carried experimental equipment that led to the discovery of the Van Allen radiation belt.ġ October 1958: The National Aeronautics and Space Administration (NASA) is created in the US, replacing the National Advisory Committee on Aeronautics (NACA).ġ8 December 1958: The US launch SCORE, the world's first communications satellite. Sputnik, which means "satellite" in Russian, was the Soviet entry in a scientific race to launch the first satellite ever.ģ1 January 1958: The US enter the Space Race by launching Explorer 1, the first US satellite to reach orbit. ![]() Sputnik I exhibit in the Missile & Space Gallery at the National Museum of the United States Air Force. ![]()
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