Space Exploration

By ds19248
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  • The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

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

  • Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

    Robert H. Goddard started launching liquid fuled rockets

  • First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

    The Germans started using liquid fueled rockets after the Sovet Union.

  • First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket

    The U.S. started launching rockets right after the Sovet Union have done 13 years ago

  • First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.

    The first animal was the fruit flies that got launched ito space by the U.S.

  • First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR

    The first satellite was created by the Sovet Union that got put into space.

  • First ballistic missle produced by the USSR

    The Sovet Union produced the first ballistic missle

  • Soviet Union launched the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite

    Soviet Union launched the first Earth-orbiting artificial satellite called Sputnik I to initiate the space race. Sputnik\'s radio signals continued for 22 days until the transmitter batteries run out.

  • The dog Laika was the first living creature to orbit the Earth

    The dog Laika was the first living creature to orbit the Earth by the satellite Sputnik II. However, she died a few hours after launch.

  • First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

    NASA took the first photograph of Earth from the Earth's orbit

  • First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

    The Sovet Union launched the first rocket that orbits Earth

  • First detection of solar wind by USSR

    Sovet Union detected the first solar wind

  • First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit

    The Earth plants and animals had retured to earth alive with no harm

  • First women in space by USSR

    Sovet Union sent the first women in space

  • First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA

    NASA had the first sighting of Mars and a flyby

  • First artificial satellite around another world (moon) purposed by USSR

    Sovet Union sent the first satellite around the moon

  • First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful!

    U.S. sent the first human to the moon successfuly

  • First space station in space by USSR

    The Sovet Union sent the first space station in space

  • First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

    A soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

  • First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    U.S. sent the first reusable manned spacecraft

  • First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA

    NASA sent a spacecraft beyound the orbit of Neptune

  • First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA

    NASA sent the first photograph of the whole solar system

  • First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA

    NASA and the ESA had the first palar orbit around the Sun

  • Longest duration in the orbit of earth by Valeri Polyakov (437.7 days) from Russia

    Russia had the longest duration in the orbit of Earth

  • First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA

    NASA spotted the first asteroid that orbited the Earth

  • First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA

    NASA landed on an asteroid

  • Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA

    U.S. launched the first telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets in the Kepler Mission

  • First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan

    Japan brought the first sample of an asteroid back to Earth

  • NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA

    NASA sent a rover successfully land on Mars to seek out life-clues