Space Exploration

By mb19647

  • First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics

    the first expoition of rocket machanics was when the first rocket exploted, based on newtons third law of motion

  • Soviet Rocket Society Established

    the soviet rocket society established is when the Soviet Union establishes the Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel

  • First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

    the first liquid furled rocket launched was when fuel was invented and first used in a rocket. the rocket reached an altitude of 41 feet and a speed of about 60 miles per hour

  • First U.S. High Altitude Flight

    the first U.S. high altiude flight is when the millitary acheves its first high altitude space flight, with and altitude at about 70 miles

  • First Animals in Space

    first animals in spave is when fruit flyes where discoverd in space

  • First artificial satellite, Sputnik I, is launched by Soviet Union

    ween the first artificial satellite by solvet union is lawnched

  • John Glenn becomes first American to orbit Earth, completing three orbits

    when the first american, john glenn, orbits the earth

  • First manned spacecraft to orbit moon, Apollo 8, comes within 70 miles of lunar surface

    when the first manned spacecraft otbited the moon, apollo 8.

  • Man walks on the moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin of Apollo XI spend 21 1/2 hours on the moon, 2 1/2 of those outside the capsule

    when the first man walks on the moon

  • Apollo 17 mission that includes the longest and last stay of man on the moon — 74 hours, 59 minutes — by astronauts Eugene Cernan and Harrison Schmitt.

    apollo misson 17. when man stays on the moon for the longest time

  • Sally Ride becomes first American woman in space

    when the first american woman goes in to space, sally ride

  • Shannon Lucid returns to Earth after 188-day Mir mission, a U.S. space endurance record and a world record for women

    when shannon lucid returns to earth from space

  • Discovery becomes first shuttle to dock with the international space station, a multinational, permanent, orbiting research laboratory

    when the first doc with intermatonal space station

  • Shuttle Columbia breaks apart over Texas, 16 minutes before it was supposed to land in Florida

    when a shuttle breaks apart over texas

  • Final space shuttle mission ends when Atlantis arrives at Kennedy Space Center

    when the final space shuttle ends