space expiditions

By s-zpruitt

  • sputnik program

    sputnik one observed earth and was the first satelite in space

  • pioneer space missions

    meant to orbit the moon and take tons of pictures and maps.
    this is when the first probes were launched

  • mercury program

    goal to put humans in space. This was the first U.S. space program. This is when Mercury was launched

  • gemini program

    put humans in space. This was the first U.S. human in space

  • Mariner probes

    investigate mares, venus, and Mercury.This is when mariner 5 was launched

  • first venus landing

    Venera 7 was the first probe to soft land on Venus

  • space stations

    shaped and rotated to provide gravity in space.
    This is when Salyut 1 went to space

  • viking probes

    wanted samples of chemicals on mars. this is when the viking probe launched

  • voyager 1 and 2

    used to view jupiter, saturn, and earth.This is when voyager 2 was launched

  • shuttle

    This provided a way to reuse the shuttle to go into space. This is when the first shuttle went up

  • Galileo was launched

    this was to study Jupiters moons

  • hubble Telescope

    was launched to take pictures of the galaxy

  • Magellan space program

    to discover volcanic features on Venus. arrived at venus on this date.

  • Genesis spacecraft to orbit the earth

    returned to earth

  • N.E.A.R. expadition

    was to flyby a minor planet astroid and collect samples. was when it launched

  • mars rovers

    rovers that were sent to mars to examine territory. The Sojourner succesfully landed then

  • Cassani was launched