Science- Space Timeline

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  • The First Spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

    The First Spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

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    Space Timeline

  • Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets.

  • Hermann Oberth launches first personal procket with students.

  • First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.

  • First animal launched into orbit, a dog named Laika launched by US

    First animal launched into orbit, a dog named Laika launched by US

  • Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite is launched.

  • Yuri Gagarin completes the first amnned space flight,

  • Comonaut Aleksei Leonov takes man's first space walk.

  • Man Walks on the Moon.

    Man Walks on the Moon.

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin of Apollo XI spend 21 1/2 hours on the moon, 2 1/2 outside the capsule.

  • Three Cosmonauts Die.

    Georgy Dobrovolsky, Vladislav Volkov, and Viktor Patasey die during re-entry of their Soyuz 11 spacecraft. Died30 minutes before landing because a faulty valve depressurized the spacecraft.

  • Skylab I, first U.S. orbiting laboratory, launched.

  • Challenger shuttle explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of Seven.

    Challenger shuttle explodes 73 seconds after launch, killing its crew of Seven.

  • Salyut 7 falls from orbit and burns up over Argentina.

  • Spacecraft Ulysses flies around Jupiter, on its way to the sun.

  • Soyuz spacecraft TM-32 lifts off for the ISS with the first space tourist.

    Dennis Tito, who pays the Russians $20 million for the ride.
  • First manmade probe in interstellar space.

    First manmade probe in interstellar space.