Space Exploration

By EllaAckley
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    1609 - 1957

  • The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

  • Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket

    Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket

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

  • First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika

    First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika

  • First ballistic missile produced by the USSR

    First ballistic missile produced by the USSR

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    1958 - 1980

  • First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

    First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

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

  • First human space flight and human orbital flight

  • First woman in space by USSR

    First woman in space by USSR

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

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

  • First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

    First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.

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    1981 - PRESENT

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

  • First orbit of an asteroid by U.S.

    First orbit of an asteroid by U.S.

  • First landing on an asteroid

    First landing on an asteroid

  • First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth