Spacesuits

Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space aboard a 15-minute suborbital flight.

John Glenn becomes the first American to orbit the Earth, circling the planet three times.

Ed White performs the first American spacewalk, floating free for 23 minutes.

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first humans to walk on the Moon.

The final Apollo Moon landing carries the first scientist-astronaut to the lunar surface.