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  First felescopic observation of the night sky discovered Jupiders moons, Lunar craters, and the phases of Venuss moons in the Republic of Vienice.
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  The theory of Laws of motion now referred to as "Newtons Laws of Motion" this theory was created in 1687.
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  In 1840 the first telescope in the U.S spotted another world which was the moon.
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  The first American rocket to use liquid fuel was launched.
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  The first U.S space research flight (cosmic radiation experiment).
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  The U.S sent it's first astronaut into space.
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  NASA's Apollo 11 mission launched.
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  The first of six American Apollo missions lands on the moon.
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  The Soviet Union puts out their first seven space stations.
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  The U.S first space station was Skylab, Skylab orbited for a total of 84 days.
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  Columbia became the first shuttle to be launched.
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  Sally Ride became the first American Woman in space on a challenger's second mission.
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  Guy Bulford became the first African American to fly into space.
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  The first rover landed on Mars controlled by the U.S.
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  The international Space station was established.