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In 1609 Galileo creates his own telescope and discovers 4 Jovian moons, the moons craters, and the Milky Way galaxy. He does this with his new telescope that zooms in by x30
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In Halley predicts the return of Halley's comet. He predics it will come back in 1758. His prediction was correct
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German, Johann Galle observes and discovers Neptune. His observations were prompted by mathematical calculations by French astronomer Joseph Leverrier and English astronomer John Couch Adams.
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The mount wilson Obervatory was founded to oberserve the sun. It is still up in California to this day.
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On this day Sputnik was lauchned by the Russias and it becomes the first thing in the world to orbit the earth.
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The russian Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man into outer space.
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U.S born Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become the first men to step on the moon.
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The united states launches Pioneer 10 which was a satellite what was set for Jupiter
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As Voyager 1 passes Saturn It takes pictures and sees its rings for the first time
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In November 26, 2011 NASA sent a mars rover then 1 year later it laneded.