Space Exploration

Hans Lippershy invented the first telescope

Sep 25, 1608

William Herschel discovered Uranus

Mar 3, 1781

Planet Neptune discovered by John Couch Adams

Sep 23, 1846

First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

Mar 16, 1926

Sputnik 1- first man-made object to orbit the Earth

Oct 4, 1957

The first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R

Sputnik 2- First animal in orbit

Nov 3, 1958

Luna 1- First Satellite to orbit the moon

Jan 2, 1959

First human in space

Apr 12, 1961

First spacewalk

Mar 18, 1965

First manned moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

First rover on the moon

Jun 7, 1971

First space shuttle launch

Apr 12, 1981

Hubble space telescope launched into orbit

Apr 25, 1990

Mars Pathfinder probe lands on Mars

Jul 4, 1997

Moons orbiting Pluto

Jun 28, 2011

Huygens probe lands on Saturn largest moon, Titan

Nov 21, 2013