Timeline: Space Exploration 1608-2015 | Timetoast

Jan 1, 1608

The first telescope

Used 2 lenses to make things closer and larger.
Galileo
Period: Jan 1, 1610 to Jan 1, 1610

Satellites of Jupiter were discovered

They were found using Galileo's telescope
Period: Jan 1, 1668 to Jan 1, 1668

Reflecting Telescope

Uses convex lenses to make a telescope to see better. Isaac Newton
Jan 28, 1886

Challenger space shuttle

It was launched and blew up. Christa McAuliffe
Sep 8, 1942

The first rocket

The first rocket to be sent off. Launched by Germany
Oct 4, 1957

The first satellite "Sputnik"

The first satellite in space. Soviet Union
Period: Jul 29, 1958 to Jul 29, 1958

NASA was born

The US government research about space. Dwight D. Eisenhower
Period: May 5, 1961 to May 5, 1961

Project Mercury

First American in space. Alan Shepard
Period: Jun 16, 1963 to Jun 16, 1963

First woman in space

The first woman in space. Valentina Tereshkova
Jul 16, 1969

Apollo 11

Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, "Buzz" Edwin Aldrin landed on the moon.
Period: Feb 20, 1986 to Feb 20, 1986

Mir space station

First space station in assembled in Orbit. Russia
Period: Jan 1, 1994 to Jan 1, 1994

Hubble space telescope

To get clear images in space and to get closer. Edwin Powell Hubble
Jul 4, 2004

Mars rover

First rover on Mars to see what the atmosphere was like. USA
Period: May 22, 2015 to May 22, 2015

First American-Designed Rocket Reaches Space

Rocket lunched by the United States that reaches space.
Period: Jul 14, 2015 to Jul 14, 2015

New horizons Space probe

Sent pictures of Pluto. NASA