-
Publications of Principia
Sir Isaac Newton discovers gravity -
First liquid rocket launched
by U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard -
First U.S High Altitude Flight
U.S military rebuilds German V-2 and the flight lunches it to an altitude of 10 miles. -
First American-Designed Rocket built Reaches Space
United States launches the first American made rocket -
First Animals in Space
Fruit fly become the the first animal in space -
Firsst artificial space satellite
The USSR beat the United States into space by launching Sputnik 1. At 184 pounds, it was the world's first artificial satellite. -
First American Satellite
The U.S. lunches its first Satellite -
NASA is Born
NASA is founded -
First Spacecraft to Impact on the Moon
The Russian satellite Luna 2 is launched. On September 13, it becomes the first man-made object to hit the Moon. -
First U.S. Space Tragedy
Apllo one burns up on lunch pad -
First us women in space
Astronaut Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space on Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7. -
Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars
The Mars Pathfinder probe lands on the surface of Mars. -
First Landing on an Asteroid
The Near Earth Asteroid Rendezvous (NEAR) spacecraft is successfully landed on the surface of the asteroid Eros. -
First Spacecraft to Orbit Mercury
NASA's Messenger spacecraft becomes the first man made craft to orbit the closest planet to the Sun. -
First spacecraft to landed on a comet
europeans spacecraft lands on a comet
