38K views · 288 reactions | Do you know NASA's Apollo program did a total of six moon landings under its Apollo programme that ran from 1961 to 1972? #NewsMo #Vertical | India Today | Facebook

1.8K views · 98 reactions | On October 27, 1961, NASA launched the...

Apr. 12, 1961: Yuri Gagarin became the first man to go into space, making one complete orbit around the planet into the Vostok capsule. It was launched with the R-7 Semyorka (Russian: Р-7 Семёрка), officially the GRAU index 8K71, a Soviet missile developed during the Cold War, and the world’s first intercontinental ballistic missile. In modified form, it launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite, into orbit, and became the basis for the R-7 family which includes Sputnik, Luna, Molniya,

114K views · 3K reactions | On May 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first American to travel into space. abc7.la/1rsNsTt | ABC7 | Facebook

“What a beautiful view.” Alan Shepard became the first American in space 60 years ago today (May 5, 1961) when Freedom 7 lifted off atop a Mercury-Redstone rocket. The 15-minute flight gave us valuable data on how humans respond to microgravity, and set us on a path toward having a continuous human presence in space with the construction of the International Space Station decades later: youtu.be/YMptAi6Z8io | NASA - National Aeronautics and Space Administration