ancient to modern space exploration

By evan_6
  • Period: Jan 1, 1543 to

    Ancient to Modern Day Space Exploration

  • Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres
    Jun 13, 1543

    Nicolaus Copernicus publishes On the Revolutions of the Heavenly Spheres

    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

    Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket

  • Nazi Germany Attacks Britain with V2 Ballistic Rockets

    Nazi Germany Attacks Britain with V2 Ballistic Rockets

  • Soviets Launch Sputnik, Earth's first articial satellite

    Soviets Launch Sputnik, Earth's first articial satellite

  • US Orbits its First Artificial Satellite, Explorer

    US Orbits its First Artificial Satellite, Explorer

  • First Weather Satellite, TIROS, is Launched by the US

    First Weather Satellite, TIROS, is Launched by the US

  • Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the First Person in Space

    Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin is the First Person in Space

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

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

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

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

  • Soviet Union's Robot Moon Rover 1 is Launched

    Soviet Union's Robot Moon Rover 1 is Launched

  • Pioneer 10 Space Probe is Launched

    Pioneer 10 Space Probe is Launched

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

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

  • America's Viking I Enters Mars Orbit

    America's Viking I Enters Mars Orbit

  • Viking I Mars robotic Explorer lands on Mars

    Viking I Mars robotic Explorer lands on Mars

  • Viking II Enters Mars Orbit

    Viking II Enters Mars Orbit

  • Viking II Mars Robotic Explorer Lands on Mars

    Viking II Mars Robotic Explorer Lands on Mars

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