Space Exploration

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    First Stage of Space Exploration

  • Galileo Galilei’s First Observation

    Galileo Galilei’s First Observation

    On this time Galileo looked through his telescope and he looked straight at the moon, he observed that the moon had many craters.

  • The First Liquid Fueled Rocket is Launched

    Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket, it was launched at Auburn, Massachusetts. It was a big success as they had only previously thought to use solid fuel but liquid fuel would be much more effective than sold fuel.
  • First Man-Made Sattelite is Launched into Earth's Orbit

    First Man-Made Sattelite is Launched into Earth's Orbit

    Sputnik, a Russian made sattelite makes it past Earth's atmosphere marking a huge step for space exploration.
  • First Animal Launched into Earth’s Orbit

    First Animal Launched into Earth’s Orbit

    The first animal to go into orbit was the dog Laika, launched on board the Soviet Sputnik 2 spacecraft.

  • U.S.A.'s First Attempt at Sending a Sattelite into orbit

    The US's first attempted launch ended miserably as the rocket went four feet up and then exploded.
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    Second Stage of Space Exploration

  • First Photograph of Earth

    First Photograph of Earth

    NASA took the first photo of Earth from it’s atmosphere on Explorer 6, marking the first time the world saw Earth from outer space
  • First Human in Space

    First Human in Space

    Yuri Gagarin was the first human in space, sent by the USSR.
  • First Man on the Moon

    First Man on the Moon

    The US sent Neil Armstrong on a rocket to go to the moon and to come back. The mission was called Apollo 11 and he went with two other people, Michael Collins and Edwin Aldrin

  • First Human Artifact to Hit Mars

    The Soviet Union successfully sent probes Mars 2 and Mars 3. The Mars 2 hit Mars on November 27 and the Mars 3 probe hit on December 2. Both probes carried a lander, both failed upon landing

  • First Jupiter Flyby

    NASA's Voyager 1 flew past Jupiter, getting the closest to it of all time of the past
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    Third Stage of Space Exploration

  • Challenger Explosion

    Challenger Explosion

    The Challenger, one of NASA's space shuttles explodes killing everyone on board including a high school teacher, this makes NASA reconsider all of their missions with space shuttles.

  • The First Multinational Space Station

    First multinational space station, the largest man-made object built in space to date the countries in it are USA, Russia, Canada, Japan, and Europe come together
  • Fist Orbit of Mercury

    Fist Orbit of Mercury

    NASA orbits Mercury with a space probe, Messenger

  • First Food That was Grown from Space and Eaten

    Lettuce was the first food that was grown in space and then eaten in space, this is a huge discover as there can be food that can replenish itself in space.
  • Six Hundred and Sixty-Five Days Spent in Space

    Six Hundred and Sixty-Five Days Spent in Space

    Astronaut Peggy Whitson holds the longest amount of time to be in outer space or to be on a space station showing that people can last longer in outer space than we initially thought