Space Exploration By Aw50880 Period: 1609 to 1957 Pre- Space Exploration Before the Space Race Between USA and USSR 1840 The moon USA First clear telescopic photograph of the moon 1926 First liquid fueled rocket - USA 1946 First US designed rocket to reach edge of space USA 1946 First space Research flight - USA 1951 First dogs in space - USSR Period: 1958 to 1980 Space Race USA - USSR Greatest Space Discoveries. Race between USA and USSR 1959 First Rocket to Orbit Earth - USSR 1960 First solar probe launch Pioneer 5 - NASA 1969 First man On Moon Apollo 11 - NASA 1970 First moon rover lunokhod - USSR 1971 First space station USSR 1981 First reusable manned spacecraft Period: 1981 to 2017 End of Space Race 1983 First infrared space observation 1986 The challenger explodes 1989 First astrometric satellite 1990 Hubble space telescope launch
