Astronomy and Space Travel By: Adolfo Rodriguez, Aylssa Estrada, Junior Diaz, And Clarissa Leon
By adolphin27
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Galileo observed the Moon. Through the early version of the telescope and noticed the craters and valleys.
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The red spot of Jupiter was discovered by Giovanni Cassini
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Robert Hooke demonstrated to the members of Royale Society, that in order to stay in orbit the planets have to be pulled toward the Sun
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While Newton was at his family's farm he discovered the law of gravity
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Edwin Hubble made a discovery saying that the universe is expanding
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This was the first Earth satellite in space. This satellite was made by the soviets.
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The first American satellite was launched
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The Luna 2, a Soviet space craft, was the first space craft to land on the moon
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Yuri Gagarin, a soviet was the first man to travel to space.
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The Mariner 4 was the first flyby of Mars
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Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin are the first people to land on the moon
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This was the last mission to the Moon. After Apollo 17, There was about a dozen of astronauts on the moon, but that is only all of them combined.
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The Columbia spacecraft became the first shuttle to be launched
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The Hubble Space telescope was finally deployed in orbit along with the shuttle Discovery.
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Mia Jemison was the first African-American women in space.
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The International Space Station is finally established
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An American crew began to live in the ISS
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The Shuttle Columbia broke apart over Texas. Right before it landed in Texas.
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The Rover "Spirit" landed on Mars. Now that we have eyes on Mars we know that Mars had water.
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The Space shuttle mission ended when the Atlantis arrived at the Kennedy Space Center
