space exploration

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  • first man to see the moon on a telescope

    first man to see the moon on a telescope

    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei.

  • First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics

    The British mathematician William Moore publishes Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. This work features the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion.
  • first liquid rockets.

    first liquid rockets.

    Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets.
  • First Animal in Space

    First Animal in Space

    The Soviet Union launches a female dog into space on Sputnik II.
  • sputnik

    sputnik

    October 4 - The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.
  • first man in space

    first man in space

    April 12 - Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
  • First American in orbit

    First American in orbit

    Mercury Friendship 7 lifts off with John H. Glenn, Jr., the first American in orbit, and orbits the Earth three times.

  • first man on orbit

    February 20 - Astronaut John Glenn became the first American in orbit.
  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11.
  • First international spacecraft rendezvous

    First international spacecraft rendezvous

    American Apollo (18) and Soviet Soyuz 19 dock, the first international spacecraft rendezvous.
  • voyager 2

    voyager 2

    Voyager 2 completes its flyby of Saturn. closest approach.
  • First U.S women in space

    First U.S women in space

    Sally K. Ride is the first U.S. woman to travel in space, on Challenger mission STS-7.
  • challenger explodes at lift off.

    challenger explodes at lift off.

    The space shuttle Challenger explodes shortly after liftoff of mission STS-51L.
  • Hubble Telescope deployed

    Hubble Telescope deployed

    Space Shuttle Discovery launches on STS-31, deploying the Edwin P. Hubble Space Telescope (HST) astronomical observatory.

  • First Landing on an Asteroid

    The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous spacecraft is successfully landed on the surface of the asteroid Eros.