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Galileo Galilei, Telescopes
In Europe Galileo built the first telescope and made many improvements to the telescope. -
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1607-1957
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Isaac Newton's laws of motion
Made the three basic laws of motion and those explain how rockets work. 1st law: An object in motion will remain in motion unless acted upon by a net force. 2nd law: Force equals mass multiplied by acceleration. 3rd law: For ever action, there is an equal and opposite reaction. -
Konstantin Tsiolkovsky
He realized to leave planet Earth you need liquid fuel instead of solid fuel, also realized it is important to find the right balance between amount of fuel a rocket uses and how heavy the rocket is. -
Robert Goddard
He came up with using liquid fuel and using multiple stages for rockets, also created a system for cooling the gases escaping from a rocket, making the rocket more efficient. -
V-2
Hermann Obeth and a team of scientists designed the first human made object to travel into space. -
Wac Corporal
First American designed rocket to reach space. -
First animals in space
Fruit flies are launched into space in th V-2, making them the first animals in space. -
R-7 Semyoka
The Soviet Union launched the first intercontinental ballistic missile. -
Sputnik 1
The USSR (beating the United States) launched the first artificial satellite ever put into orbit. The launched a Sputnik 1 triggered the space race. -
First live animal in space
The Soviets launched sputnik 2 into space and had a dog on it and the dog proved animals can survive in space. -
Explorer 1
The first American satellite launched into orbit, discovered radiation. -
NASA
The National Aeronautics and Space Administration was founded. -
Period: to
1958-1980
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Luna 1
The Russian satellite is launched to hit moon but doesn't and becomes the first man made object to orbit around the sun. -
Luna 2
The second Russian satellite, first man made object to hit our moon. -
First view of moons far side
Luna 3, a Russian satellite and orbits the moon. -
First Weather satellite
The United States launched the first weather satellite called Tiros 1. -
First human in space
Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin, Russian first person in space. -
First Women in Space
Valentina Tereshkevae was the first women in space by USSR. -
First spotting of Mars
U.S NASA spotted Mars -
Apollo 11
Neil Armstrong is the first person to land on the moon. -
Mars 3
The Soviet Union launched the first man made object to land on Mars. -
Salyut 1
First space station in space by USSR -
STS-1
The first orbital flight by NASA. -
Period: to
1981-2015
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First spacecraft beyond The orbit of neptune
NASA launched the first spacecraft to go beyond Neptunes orbit -
Voyager 2
NASA did the first Neptune flyby. -
Hubble
Hubble telescope was launched into low orbit of earth. -
Ulysses
By USA and ESA first polar orbit around the sun. -
Jupiter
The first orbit of Jupiter by the United States. -
HALCA
Japan, First orbital radio observatory -
Mars Pathfinder
NASA, first operational rover on an other planet, Mars. -
Dawn
First orbit of Pluto by NASA -
Lettuce
USA and Japan first food grown and eaten in space.
