B217dfd9 cea9 4450 8d5b a8cb1982fcd7 4 5005 c

Important dates in space exploration

By leahaustin

  • Benjamin Franklin and committee makes a stand

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Author publishes a book

    Henry David Thoreau publishes Walden

  • Term ecology explained

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term acid is Robert Angus's

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • Smog was taken by Henry Antoine Des Voeux

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • creation of National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service
  • First artificial Earth Satellite

    First artificial Earth Satellite

    Sputnik 1 was the first successful placed satellite in orbit around the earth.
  • First animal launched into space

    First animal launched into space

    Laika was a stray dog that was on the streets of Moscow. Laika had died a few hours in orbit. She was the first creature to be shot up in space.
  • First recovery of a payload from earth's orbit

    First recovery of a payload from earth's orbit

    Discoverer 13 on August 11, after 17 orbits, a command was sent from a ground station on Kodiak Island to the spacecraft to start the recovery process.

  • Silent Spring published

    Rachel Carson publishes Silent Spring
  • First women in space

    First women in space

    First women in space abroad the soviets Union's Vostok 6 spacecraft.
  • First spacecraft pictures of mars

    First spacecraft pictures of mars

    July 15, 1965 was the day that Mariner 4 made its first photo transmissions, that mankind got its first zoomed in view of mars.
  • First death during a space mission

    First death during a space mission

    Soyuz 1 crashed into earth on April 24, 1967, killing Vladimir. He was the first fatality in spacecraft.
  • First international docking

    First international docking

    The Soviet Union accomplished the first automatic docking in space. Mastering docking was essential for the lunar landing efforts.

  • pictures from apollo 8 were taken

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise
  • First human to walk the moon

    First human to walk the moon

    Neil Armstrong became the first person to ever walk on the moon. He stepped out in an area called the "sea of Tranquility".

  • The day the US Enviromental Protection Agency was established

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established
  • First data returned from another planet

    First data returned from another planet

    Venera 7 was 1 of 2 identical spacecrafts, but it was the only one that made it.

  • Protocol on substances that deplete ozone layer

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • A protocol was negotiated

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide
  • First spacecraft to orbit and land on an asteroid

    First spacecraft to orbit and land on an asteroid

    NEAR Shoemaker was the first spacecraft to orbit and land on an asteroid.

  • U.S. rejects a protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • participation in the Paris Agreement from the U.S. ceases

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • because of the climate change mitigation the U.S. makes a decision

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation