Solar System Exploration

By juliaarnold14
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    First Earth Orbiter
  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2

    The first animal in orbit was a dog named Laika
  • Vanguard 1

    Vanguard 1

    Earth orbiter; oldest spacecraft still in Earth orbit

  • Luna 1

    First lunar flyby

  • Luna 2

    First lunar impact

  • Luna 3

    Lunar Flyby; Took first images of the far side of the moon

  • Vostok 1

    First manned Earth Orbiter

  • Mariner 2

    First successful Venus flyby

  • Mariner 4

    First Mars flyby

  • Lincoln Calibration Sphere 1

    oldest spacecraft still in use

  • Venera 3

    First spacecraft to reach another planet's surface, First Venus impact

  • Apollo 11

    First manned lunar landing and first successful sample return mission

  • Apollo 13

    Manned lunar flyby and return to Earth (manned lunar landing aborted) Farthest from Earth a human has gone

  • Salyut 1

    First space station

  • Pioneer 10

    First Jupiter flyby

  • Pioneer 11

    First Saturn Flyby

  • Mariner 10

    First Mercury flyby

  • Chandrayaan-1

    India Discovers water on the moon