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Space Exploration

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  • First to cross Karman Line

    First to cross Karman Line

    A V-2 Rocket launched by Nazi Germany during World War II is the first man-made object to go beyond 100 km – the Kármán line – and reach space!
  • First pictures from space

    First pictures from space

    A captured V-2 rocket in US is launched to 105 km (65 miles) and records the first pictures from space.
  • First animals in Space

    First animals in Space

    The first animal (fruit flies) reaches space aboard an American V-2.
  • First dogs in space

    First dogs in space

    A Soviet R-1 rocket launches the first dogs (Dezik & Tsygan) into space!
  • First satellite in space

    First satellite in space

    The Soviet Union launches the first satellite into orbit called Sputnik-1 which transmits for 22 days! The Space Race begins!
  • First dog into orbit

    First dog into orbit

    A Soviet rocket launches the first dog (Laika) into orbit!
  • America's launched their first satellite into orbit

    America's launched their first satellite into orbit

    America launched its first satellite called Explorer-1 into orbit.
  • Luna-2 touched another world

    Luna-2 touched another world

    The USSR launches Luna-2 and is the first probe to touch another world when it impacts with the Moon.
  • Luna-3 Pictures the far moon

    Luna-3 Pictures the far moon

    The USSR launches Luna-3 the first probe to image the far side of the Moon.
  • Chimpanzee launched to space

    Chimpanzee launched to space

    The US launches the first Chimpanzee into space who performs tasks and survives.
  • First human in space

    First human in space

    The USSR launches the first human into space - Yuri Gagarin.
  • The first man in orbit

    The first man in orbit

    The US launches their first man into orbit – John Glenn.
  • The successful flyby

    The successful flyby

    The first successful planetary flyby (Venus) – by Mariner 2.
  • First woman in space

    First woman in space

    The USSR puts the first woman (Valentina Tereshkova) into Space!
  • First person to do spacewalk

    First person to do spacewalk

    Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk (extra-vehicular activity).
  • The first Flyby of mars

    The first Flyby of mars

    The first flyby of Mars and the first close-up photographs from another planet - Mars.
  • first soft landing

    first soft landing

    First soft landing on another world (the Moon) and the first images from the surface of soviet's Luna 9.
  • First Human walk on moon

    First Human walk on moon

    Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon.
  • ISRO created

    ISRO created

    ISRO officially created, although India had launched a sounding rocket three years earlire
  • First Lunar Rover

    First Lunar Rover

    The USSR lands Lunokhod 1- the first lunar rover.
  • First soft landing on another planet

    First soft landing on another planet

    USSR conducts the first soft landing on another planet with Venera 7 on Venus.
  • Start of the launch of Space Stations

    Start of the launch of Space Stations

    The Soviet Union began launching space stations. Salyut 1, was the world’s first space station.
  • First Indian Satellite

    First Indian Satellite

    India launches the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata
  • VOyager 1 & 2 launched By America

    VOyager 1 & 2 launched By America

    August 20th 1977 – Voyager 2 launches on its epic journey through the outer planets.
    September 5th 1977 – Voyager 1 launches bound for Jupiter, Saturn and Titan!
  • Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia

    Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia

    Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia – the first reusable (orbital) spacecraft!
  • First communication satellite launch by India

    First communication satellite launch by India

    APPLE, ISRO's 1st communication Satellite launched using Ariane space roscket
  • First Space Station to be consistently inhabited

    First Space Station to be consistently inhabited

    Mir Space Station becomes the first consistently inhabited space station.
  • Hubble space telescope launched

    Hubble space telescope launched

    The famous Hubble Space Telescope is launched into space aboard Shuttle Discovery.
  • Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) begins.

    Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) begins.

    Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) begins.
  • India launches Chandrayaan-1

    India launches Chandrayaan-1

    India launches Chandrayaan-1
  • MOM enters Martian orbit

    MOM enters Martian orbit

    Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the maiden interplanetary mission of ISRO, launched on November 5, 2013 by PSLV-C25 got inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt.
  • First soft landing on a comet

    First soft landing on a comet

    The Rosetta spacecraft performs a soft landing on a comet.
  • First food grown in space

    First food grown in space

    Lettuce became the first food to be grown and eaten in space.