Important dates in space exploration

first human to orbit Earth

Feb 12, 1961

this was the first person to go into space and orbit earth

First successful planetary flyby

Dec 14, 1962

this was the first spacecraft to successfully encounter another planet for nasa

First reusable crewed spacecraft

Jul 19, 1969

this ws the first woman in space

space station

Dec 3, 1971

first space station in space

Hubble

Feb 8, 1990

first telescope

space tourist

Jun 18, 2001

first man that toured space

private SpaceX

Mar 7, 2008

this was there first privet launch

comet landing

Jul 2, 2014

first comment landing

james webb telescope

Dec 25, 2021

the most powerful telescope was just launched