Space Exploration By hk18223 Sep 25, 1608 Hans Lippershy invented the first telescope Mar 3, 1781 William Herschel discovered Uranus Sep 23, 1846 Planet Neptune discovered by John Couch Adams Mar 16, 1926 First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched Oct 4, 1957 Sputnik 1- first man-made object to orbit the Earth The first man-made object to orbit the Earth, is launched by the U.S.S.R Nov 3, 1958 Sputnik 2- First animal in orbit Jan 2, 1959 Luna 1- First Satellite to orbit the moon Apr 12, 1961 First human in space Mar 18, 1965 First spacewalk Jul 20, 1969 First manned moon landing Jun 7, 1971 First rover on the moon Apr 12, 1981 First space shuttle launch Apr 25, 1990 Hubble space telescope launched into orbit Jul 4, 1997 Mars Pathfinder probe lands on Mars Jun 28, 2011 Moons orbiting Pluto Nov 21, 2013 Huygens probe lands on Saturn largest moon, Titan
