Space exploration

By Mv21271
  • First telescopic observation of the night sky

    First telescopic observation of the night sky

    Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the night sky through a telescope in 1610
  • First expedition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion

    First expedition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion

    William Moore made te first rocket equation based off of Newton's thrid law of motion.

  • First clear telescopic photograph of another world: the Moon

    John William Draper captured the first clear photograph of the Moon in 1840
  • Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket

    Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket

    Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket on March 16th, 1926

  • First animal in space

    Laika the dog was the first animal in space. She did not survive. This took place on November 3rd, 1957

  • Confirmed the existance of the Van Allen belts

    Explorer one confrimed the existance of the Van Allen belts on January 31st, 1958
  • First firing of a rocket in Eart's orbit

    First firing of a rocket in Eart's orbit

    NASA launched the first rocket into Earth's orbit on January 2nd, 1959.

  • First artificial satellite to reach moon vicinity and first artificial staellite in heliocentric orbit

    Luna one was the first artificial satellite to reach the moon vicinity and the first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit on January 4th, 1959
  • First photograph of Earth from orbit

    First photograph of Earth from orbit

    Explorer six took te first photograph from soace if Earth on August 7th, 1959
  • First impact into another world: the Moon

    First impact into another world: the Moon

    Luna two was the first artificial objet to come in contact with the moon on September 13th, 1959
  • First reusable manned spacecraft

    First reusable manned spacecraft

    NASA held STS-1, the first reusable manned soacecraft on April 12th, 1981

  • First spacecraft to go beyond the orbit of Neptune

    The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was the first soacecraft to go beyond Neptune'/ orbit and further out of the solar system on June 13th, 1986
  • First photograph of the whole solar system

    First photograph of the whole solar system

    On February 14th, 1990, Voyager one took the first picture of the entire solar ststem from space.
  • First landing on an alien moon

    First landing on an alien moon

    On Januray 14th, 2005 the first landing on an alien moon was made. The Huygens probe landed on one of Saturn'/ moons named Titan.

  • Lettuce was the frist food eaten that was grown in space

    NASA in 2015 of August 10th, had accomplished growing lettuce in space and astronauts then eating it the lettuce.