Early and Recent Space Exploration

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  • 1610- The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

  • 1926-Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

    1926-Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

  • 1929-Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students

    1929-Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students

    Was called the "pioneer of space exploration"

  • 1931-First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

  • 1933-Soviet Union launches first rocket of their own

  • 1946-First research flight launched by the U.S.

  • 1947-First animals launched into space by the U.S

  • 1957-First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR

    Soviet Union first satellite in space

  • 1957-First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive

  • 1957-First ballistic missle produced by the USSR

  • 1957-First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR

    1957-First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR

    Sputnik was launched

  • 1959-First detection of solar wind by USSR

  • 1959-First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

  • 1959-First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

    1959-First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

  • 1961-First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight

    1961-First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight

    cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin- was the first to orbit the earth
  • 1963-First woman in space by USSR

    1963-First woman in space by USSR

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space

  • 1965-First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA

  • 1966-First artificial satellite around the moon

    Launched by the USSR
  • 1969-First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11)

    1969-First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11)

    Neil Armstrong was the first man on the moon followed by Buzz Aldrin. "One small step for man one large step for humanity". USSR is yet to put a human on the moon
  • 1971-First space station in space by USSR

    1971-First space station in space by USSR

  • 1971-First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

    India conducted this mission
  • 1981-First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    1981-First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    STS-1 was the first reusable spacecraft

  • 1983-First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA

  • 1990-First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA

  • 1992-First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA

  • 1995-Longest duration in the orbit of earth from Russia

    Valeri Polyakov orbited the day for 437 days!

  • 2000-First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA

  • 2001-First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA

  • 2009-Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA

  • 2010-First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan

    2010-First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan

  • 2012-NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA

    2012-NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA

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