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The first spotting of the moon.
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Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets
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Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students
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First German military liquid fueled rockets developed
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Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own.
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First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket
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First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.
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First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR
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First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive
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First ballistic missle produced by the USSR
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Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched by the United States when it was sent into orbit on January 31, 1958. It was designed and built by the Jet Propulsion Laboratory (JPL) of the California Institute of Technology. The satellite was sent aloft from Cape Canaveral in Florida by the Jupiter C rocket that was designed, built, and launched by the Army Ballistic Missile Agency (ABMA) under the direction of Dr. Wernher Von Braun.
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The core section of the Space Station Mir was launched.
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The Space Shuttle Columbia broke up on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere.
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President Barack Obama signed legislation focusing NASA’s efforts on exploring Mars and the asteroids.
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SpaceX, a commercial space company, launched its Dragon C2+ mission to resupply the International Space Station (ISS).
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NASA astronauts wrapped up successful repairs at the International Space Station after a rare Christmas Eve spacewalk to fix an equipment cooling system.
