Space Facts #1

Includes 20 3-minute segments:

“1957 – FIRST SATELLITE IN SPACE (Sputnick 1)”
“1958 – BIRTH OF NASA”
“1959 – CHOICE OF FIRST SEVEN U.S. ASTRONAUTS”
“1961 – PRESIDENT KENNEDY’S PROMISE TO GO TO THE MOON”
“1962 – FIRST U.S. ORBITAL SPACE FLIGHT” (John Glenn/Friendship 7)
“1963 – VALENTINA TERESHCOVA - First Woman in Space” (Vostok 6)
“1965 – FIRST MANNED GEMINI FLIGHT” (Gemini 3)
“1966 – LAST GEMINI MISSION” (Gemini 12)  
“1967 – THREE ASTRONAUTS DIE IN FIRE” (Apollo 1)
“1968 – FIRST MANNED FLIGHT TO THE MOON” (Apollo 8)
“1969 – FIRST LUNAR LANDING” (Apollo 11)
“1970 – APOLLO 13 ABORTED MISSION”
“1972 – LAST MISSION TO THE MOON” (Apollo 17)
“1973 – SKYLAB”
“1975 – FIRST AMERICAN-RUSSIAN SPACE MISSION” (Apollo-Soyuz)
“1976 – VIKING PROBES”
“1977 – VOYAGER PROBES”
“1981 – FIRST MANNED SHUTTLE FLIGHT” (STS-1)
“1983 – DR. SALLY RIDE – FIRST U.S. WOMAN IN SPACE ” (STS-7)
“1986 – CHALLENGER ACCIDENT” (STS-51L)
“1994 – SHOEMAKER-LEVY COMET HITS JUPITER”
“1995 – SHUTTLE-MIR DOCKING”
“1996 – DISCOVERY OF LIFE ON MARS”