Space Exploration

Telescope

Jan 1, 1609

the telescope was invented

Jupiters moons

Jan 1, 1610

Galileo discovered Jupiters four largest moons

Rocket launch

Mar 16, 1926

first liquid fueled rocket launched by the US scientist, Robert H. Goddard

Altitude

May 10, 1946

US reaches it's first high altitude space flight at 50 miles high

Sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1957

first satellite
first signals from space

Animals

Nov 3, 1957

Laika, launched by USSR, first animal launched into orbit

Moon

Oct 4, 1959

first pictures of far side of moon

Mars

Jul 14, 1965

first Mars fly by

Mars

Jul 20, 1976

First photos and soil samples from the surface of Mars

Saturn

Sep 1, 1980

first Saturn fly by

Solar System

Feb 14, 1990

first picture of the whole solar system

Gas Giant

Dec 7, 1995

First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant

Titan

Jan 14, 2005

First soft landing on Titan

Comet

Nov 12, 2014

first man made probe to land on a comet