Space Exploration

By rm18444

  • Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket

    Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket

  • A Miami Beach planned rocket launch to the planet Venus.

    A Miami Beach planned rocket launch to the planet Venus.

  • First space reasearch flight

    First space research flight

  • Sputnik 1, the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until

    Sputnik 1, the first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until January 4, 1948

  • Sputnik 2, carrying the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until April 13, 1958

    Sputnik 2, carrying the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, is launched by the U.S.S.R., and remains in orbit until April 13, 1958

  • Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in orbit, lifts off at Cape Canaveral using a modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C rocket. It carries a scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, and discovers the Earth's radiation belt.

    Explorer 1, the first U.S. satellite in orbit, lifts off at Cape Canaveral using a modified ABMA-JPL Jupiter-C rocket. It carries a scientific experiment of James A. Van Allen, and discovers the Earth's radiation belt.

  • Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

    Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the U.S.

  • Mercury Aurora 7 is launched with M. Scott Carpenter, making three orbits.

    Mercury Aurora 7 is launched with M. Scott Carpenter, making three orbits.

  • Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon.

    Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon.

  • Soviet Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

    Soviet Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon.

  • The Einstein Observatory begins its 30-day mission.

    The Einstein Observatory begins its 30-day mission.

  • Venera 13 lands on Venus, and provides the first Venusian soil analysis.

    Venera 13 lands on Venus, and provides the first Venusian soil analysis.

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

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

  • NASA launches the first in the Discovery series of spacecraft, the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft, aboard a Delta II-7925-8 rocket.

    NASA launches the first in the Discovery series of spacecraft, the Near-Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft, aboard a Delta II-7925-8 rocket.

  • Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on a 10-day mission, its 24th and the last shuttle docking with Mir.

    Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off on a 10-day mission, its 24th and the last shuttle docking with Mir.

  • Deep Space 1 successfully completes its flyby of comet 19P/Borrelly.

    Deep Space 1 successfully completes its flyby of comet 19P/Borrelly.