ancient to modern space exploration

Ancient to Modern Day Space Exploration

Period: Jan 1, 1543 to Jun 13, 2014

Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

Jun 13, 1543

Copurnicus published this ideas about planets orbiting the sun in in a heliocentric way. Before Copernicus, many people like Ptolemy and Aristotle thought the sun orbited the earth in a geocentric way. But Galileo also believed in heliocentrism

Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket

Mar 16, 1926

Nazi Germany Attacks Britain with V2 Ballistic Rockets

Sep 8, 1944

Soviets Launch Sputnik, Earth's first articial satellite

Oct 4, 1957

US Orbits its First Artificial Satellite, Explorer

Jan 31, 1958

First Weather Satellite, TIROS, is Launched by the US

Apr 1, 1960

Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the First Person in Space

Apr 12, 1961

US Astronaut John Glenn Makes Makes first Orbital Mission Around the Earth

Feb 20, 1962

Apollo 11 Mission to the Moon is the First to Land On the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Soviet Union's Robot Moon Rover 1 is Launched

Nov 17, 1970

Pioneer 10 Space Probe is Launched

Mar 3, 1972

Pioneer 10 reaches Jupiter. It is first space probe to reach Outer Planets

Dec 3, 1973

America's Viking I Enters Mars Orbit

Jun 16, 1976

Viking I Mars robotic Explorer lands on Mars

Jul 20, 1976

Viking II Enters Mars Orbit

Aug 7, 1976

Viking II Mars Robotic Explorer Lands on Mars

Sep 3, 1976