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1st telescopic observation of the night sky by Galileo
Galileo discovered that a planet is joined by 3 stars in a line on Jan. 7th, 1610. When observing the sky. -
1st liquid fueled rocket launched by Robert H. Goddard
Robert H. Goddard launched the 1st liquid fueled rocket on March 16, 1926 in Auburn, Massachusetts. -
1st successful v-2 rocket launch
The first v-2 rocket was a deadly weapon in war which was on Oct. 3rd, 1942 in Peenemunde, Germany. It was created by rocket-scientist Wernher Von Braun. -
Dogs in space
Tsygan and Dezik were the first dogs in space, their shuttle launched on July 22, 1951 by the soviet union. They were the first mammals who were recovered. -
1st artificial satellite first signals from space
Sputnik, the first artificial satellite, was launched at 10:29pm on Oct 4th, 1957, from Kazakh republic. Burned in space in Jan. of 1958. -
1st human in space
The 1st human in space was Yuri Gagarin who became a hero in the Soviet Union. His flight Departed April 12th 1961. -
First human piloted spaceflight
Alan Shepard was the first American to go to space this space flight took place on the 5th of April 1961. His flight launched off of Cape Canaveral Florida. -
First humans on the moon
Neil Armstrong was the first person to step on the moon, on his flight he went with Buzz Aldrin and Mike Collins. They launched on July 16th 1969. -
First space station
The Salyut 1 was the first space station, it was launched by the Soviet Union in 1971. -
First untethered spacewalk
Astronaut Bruce McCandless was the first person to do an untethered spacewalk oh, this took place on February 7th 1984. -
Challenger explosion
On January 28th 1986 Nasa's Challenger space shuttle exploded 73 seconds after liftoff. -
Cassini-huygens Mission launched
On October 15th of 1997 the space shuttle took off with the Cassini orbiter and the Huygens probe. -
Kepler Mission launched
On March 6th of 2009 the Kepler spacecraft was launched in the Delta II. -
Cassini-huygens mission completion
The cassini-huygens mission was completed on September 15th 2017 when the probe intentionally crashed into Saturn's rings. In order to not spread of contamination. -
First Consumer Car in space, cherry red Tesla
On February 6th 2018 a cherry red Tesla and a mannequin driver were launched and are still in orbit.
