Space Exploration

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  • First spotting of the moon through a telescope

    First spotting of the moon through a telescope

    Galileo Galilei spotted the moon through a telescope.
  • First launched liquid fueled rocket

    First launched liquid fueled rocket

    Robert H. Goddard launched the very first liquid fueled rocket.

  • First launched personal rocket with students

    Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students

  • First military liquid fueled rockets developed by German

    German created their first military liquid fueled rockets.

  • Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own

    Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own.

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

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

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

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

  • First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and the dog did not return alive

  • First ballistic missle produced by the USSR

  • First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

  • First detection of solar wind by USSR

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

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

  • First women in space by USSR

    First women in space by USSR

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

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

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

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

  • First space station in space by USSR

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

    First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

  • First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

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

    First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan

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

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