First space shuttle/station docking December 31, 2010 Date: 29 June 1995 Event: Space shuttle Atlantis STS-71 docked with the Soviet space station Mir. Read more
First British astronaut December 30, 2010 Date: 18 May1991 Event: Helen Sharman travelled to the Mir space station and spent a week in space. Read more
First US woman in space December 29, 2010 Date: 18 June 1983 Event: Sally Ride was launched in the space shuttle Challenger STS-7, which was the first reusable space vehicle. Read more
First Moon landing December 28, 2010 Date: 20 July 1969 Event: Neil Armstrong and Edwin E. “Buzz” Aldrin became the first men on the Moon. Read more
First manned spacecraft to orbit the Moon December 27, 2010 Date: 24 December 1968 Event: Apollo 8 (followed in 1969 by Apollo missions 9 and 10) orbited the Moon but did not land. Read more
First space death December 25, 2010 Date: 24 April 1967 Event: After 18 orbits in soyuz 1, Vladimir M.komarov (USSR) died when his parachute got tangled and his capsule crash-landed. Read more
First US spacewalk December 25, 2010 Date: 3 June 1965 Event: Edward H. White II made a 36 minute spacewalk from Gemini 4. Read more
