Last Updated on 2 January 2024
May events from the history of space flight
| Date | Events |
| 1 | |
| 2 | |
| 3 | |
| 4 | |
| 5 | 1961 – Alan Shepard becomes the first American in space |
| 6 | |
| 7 | 1992 – Space Shuttle Endeavor launched on maiden voyage |
| 8 | |
| 9 | |
| 10 | |
| 11 | |
| 12 | 2013 – Chris Hadfield releases cover of “Space Oddity” recorded in the ISS |
| 13 | |
| 14 | 1973 – U.S. launches its first space station, Skylab |
| 15 | |
| 16 | |
| 17 | |
| 18 | |
| 19 | |
| 20 | |
| 21 | |
| 22 | 2012 – SpaceX, a private company, launches Dragon C2+ mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS). |
| 23 | |
| 24 | |
| 25 | 1961 – U.S. President John F. Kennedy challenges the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade 2008 – Phoenix Mars Lander lands safely and begins sending images home after a 10-month, 422 million-mile journey. Scientists later report that Phoenix discovered chunks of ice. |
| 26 | |
| 27 | |
| 28 | |
| 29 | |
| 30 | |
| 31 |
