Space Events

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  • First sight of Jupiter's moon through telescope

    First sight of Jupiter's moon through telescope

    Galileo was the fist to look at/ discover moons. When Galileo first saw these moons he realized that there were little grey spots (craters.) As time passed he realized the spots changed every day. Galileo discovered that the moons and planets were not flat.
  • Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket

    Robert Goddard launches first liquid fuel rocket

    Robert Goddard was the first to think of using liquid fuel and multiple stage rockets. He also made a system of cool down gases to make the rocket more efficient.

  • Hermann Oberth joins rocket team for German military, designed V-2 missile.

    The third rocket pioneer, Hermann Oberth joined scientists for the German military. Their creation of the V-2 missile played a big part in WW2. Later in 1942 it was launched to space (first human made object.)
  • First German military liquid fuel rocket developed

    First German military liquid fuel rocket developed

    Johannes Winkler made the first liquid fuel rocket test in Dessau, Germany. It reached an altitude of 1000 yards and traveled 2.5 miles.

  • Soviet Union launches own rocket

    The Soviet Union created their own rocket station. They tested their rockets here.
  • Research flight launched

    Research flight launched

    The U.S. launched a research rocket into space to collect data. This was captured by the V-2 missile.
  • First organisms to space

    First organisms to space

    The U.S. sent the first organisms to space in 1947, fruit flies.

  • First dog into space

    The first dog that was launched into space was named Laika. The dog did not return alive.

  • First ICBM

    This was a launch mechanism used for Sputnik
  • First artificial satellite

    First artificial satellite

    The Soviet Union sent the first artificial satellite into space that can send back data (Sputnik.)

  • First rocket to earths orbit

    The first rocket that was launched into Earth's orbit was by the Soviet Union.
  • First detection of solar wind

    First detection of solar wind

    A solar wind is a wind that the sun gives off and blows gas and dust away. The Soviet Union was the first to detect this.
  • First photo of earth

    First photo of earth

    The U.S. captured the first ever picture of the earth from space.

  • Organisms return safely

    Plants and animals were sent to space and for the first time they return back unharmed.

  • First person to space

    The first human spaceflight and humane orbital flight.
  • First woman

    First woman

    The very first woman to space was Valentina Tershkova and was put up in space by the Soviet Union.
  • First sight of Mars

    First sight of Mars

    NASA was the first to detect our red neighboring planet, Mars.

  • Satellite around other figure

    The first artificial satellite around our moon was sent by the Soviet Union.
  • First man on moon

    First man on moon

    The first man on the moon was Neil Armstrong. He flew on Apollo 11.

  • First landing on mars

    First contact with Mars and sent signals between probes.
  • First space station

    First space station

    The first space station was created by the Soviet Union, "Skylab."
  • First reusable spacecraft

    First reusable spacecraft

    NASA launched the first reusable spacecraft. "It launched like a rocket and returned like a glider."
  • First spacecraft by Neptune

    First spacecraft by Neptune

    NASA launched the first spacecraft that went beyond the orbit of Neptune.
  • First photo of solar system

    First photo of solar system

    NASA took the first picture of the whole entire solar system.

  • First polar orbit

    First polar orbit of the sun by NASA and ESA.

  • Longest time in space

    Russia's own Valeri Polyakov orbited the earth for 438 days.
  • Asteroid orbited

    Asteroid orbited

    NASA was the first to orbit an asteroid

  • First landing on asteroid

    NASA had the first probe to land on an asteroid and collect data
  • Launched first telescope

    Launched first telescope

    Kepler mission launched the first telescope to collect data and examine earths exoplanets.

  • Piece of asteroid

    The first piece of an asteroid was returned to Japan.
  • Rover on mars

    Rover on mars

    NASA successfully lands rover on Mars to find life clues.