Space exploration

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    Space Exploartion Timeline

    Space Exploartion Timeline

  • Isacc Newton publishes the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

    Isacc Newton publishes the Philosophiæ Naturalis Principia Mathematica

  • Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket

  • first vehicle to cross the Kármán line (100 km/~62 mi above the Earth's surface) and thereby enter outer space (Germany) with the V2 rocket

    first vehicle to cross the Kármán line (100 km/~62 mi above the Earth's surface) and thereby enter outer space (Germany) with the V2 rocket

  • First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space

  • First pictures of earth from 105 km

  • First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

    First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

  • First human-crewed orbital flight

  • First orbital solar observatory

    First orbital solar observatory

  • First planetary flyby by USA (Venus closest approach 34,773 kilometers)

  • First reusable crewed spacecraft

  • First Infrared orbital observatory

    First Infrared orbital observatory

  • First Neptune flyby (closest approach at 29,240 km)

  • First orbit of saturn

    First orbit of saturn

  • First manmade probe in interstellar space.

  • First probe to land on a comet