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Space Exploration

  • Galileo's Telescope

    Galileo's Telescope

    Galileo discovered Jupiter’s moons.
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    The first Earth orbiter. (Soviet Union)
  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1

    First American orbiter.
  • Mariner 2

    Mariner 2

    First secessful Venus flyby
  • Mariner 4

    Mariner 4

    First Mars flyby.
  • Surveyor 1

    Surveyor 1

    First luner lander.
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    First manned lunar orbiter.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    First man on the moon, and first successful sample return.
  • Apollo 15

    Apollo 15

    First manned lunar rover.
  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10

    First Jupiter flyby.
  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10

    First Mercury flyby
  • Viking 1

    Viking 1

    Brought back the first pictures of Mars.
  • Galileo (Spacecraft)

    The first Jupiter orbiting probe
  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    It is an orbital space telescope.
  • Mars Observer

    Mars Observer

    A Mars orbiter. (Lost contact)
  • NEAR Shoemaker

    NEAR Shoemaker

    First near Earth asteriod flyby, asteriod orbit, and landing.
  • Mars Pathfinder

    Mars Pathfinder

    First planetary rover.
  • Cassini–Huygens

    Cassini–Huygens

    First saturn orbiter and first outer planet lander.
  • International Space Station

    International Space Station

  • Stardust

    Stardust

    Brought back the first comet coma sample.
  • Genesis

    Genesis

    First solar wind samples.
  • MESSENGER

    MESSENGER

    First Mercury orbiter.
  • New Horizons

    New Horizons

    First Pluto, Charon, and Kuiper Belt flyby.
  • Juno

    Juno

    Jupiter orbiter
  • Mars Science Laboratory

    Mars Science Laboratory

    A large Mars rover.