space exploration

By TS19243
  • Publications of Principia

    Publications of Principia

    Sir Isaac Newton discovers gravity
  • First liquid rocket launched

    First liquid rocket launched

    by U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard
  • First U.S High Altitude Flight

    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

    First American-Designed Rocket built Reaches Space

    United States launches the first American made rocket
  • First Animals in Space

    First Animals in Space

    Fruit fly become the the first animal in space
  • Firsst artificial space satellite

    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

    First American Satellite

    The U.S. lunches its first Satellite
  • NASA is Born

    NASA is Born

    NASA is founded
  • First Spacecraft to Impact on the Moon

    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

    First U.S. Space Tragedy

    Apllo one burns up on lunch pad
  • First us women in space

    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

    Mars Pathfinder Lands on Mars

    The Mars Pathfinder probe lands on the surface of Mars.
  • First Landing on an Asteroid

    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

    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

    First spacecraft to landed on a comet

    europeans spacecraft lands on a comet