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Space Exploration

By AbhirajGamz12
  • WAC Corporal

    WAC Corporal

    It was the first (US designed) rocket that reached the edge of spaceThe first pictures of the Earth were taken from an altitude of 105 km..
  • R1

    R1

    First time dogs were sent to space.
  • R7

    R7

    First intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) developed.
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite. (USSR)
  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2

    First animal (dog named Laika) sent to the orbit
  • Explorer 6

    Explorer 6

    First photograph of Earth taken from the orbit (by NASA)
  • Vostok-1

    Vostok-1

    First manned flight carrying Yuri Gagarin
  • Vostok 6

    Vostok 6

    First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova).
  • Luna 10

    Luna 10

    First artificial satellite around the Moon.
  • Apollo 8

    Apollo 8

    First piloted orbital mission of Moon (by NASA)
  • Apolo 11

    Apolo 11

    First human on the Moon and first space launch from a celestial body (by NASA) - Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin.
  • Luna 16

    Luna 16

    First automatic sample return from the Moon.
  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1

    First Space Station.
  • Pioneer 10

    Pioneer 10

    First human made object that had been sent on escape trajectory away from the Sun (by NASA)
  • Mariner 10

    Mariner 10

    First photograph of Venus from Space (by NASA)
  • Venera 13

    Venera 13

    First Venus soil samples and sound recording of another world.
  • STS-41-B

    STS-41-B

    First untethered spacewalk, Bruce McCandless II (by NASA).
  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1

    First photograph of the whole Solar System (by NASA).
  • Mir

    Mir

    First Record longest duration spaceflight (i.e. 437.7 days) set by Valeri Polyakov.
  • HALCA

    HALCA

    First orbital radio observatory.
  • NEAR Shoemaker

    NEAR Shoemaker

    First orbiting of an asteroid (433 Eros) – by NASA.
  • Near Shoemaker

    Near Shoemaker

    First landing on an asteroid (433 Eros) – by NASA.
  • Genesis

    Genesis

    First sample return beyond lunar orbit (solar wind)- by NASA.
  • Cassini Huygens

    Cassini Huygens

    First soft landing on Titan (Moon of Saturn).
  • Hayabusa

    Hayabusa

    First interplanetary escape without undercarriage cutoff.
  • Stardust

    Stardust

    First sample return from comet (81P/Wild) – by NASA.
  • Kepler Mission

    Kepler Mission

    First space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets – by NASA.
  • MESSENGER

    MESSENGER

    First orbit of Mercury – by NASA.
  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1

    First manmade probe in interstellar space – by NASA.
  • Rosseta

    Rosseta

    First man-made probe to make a planned and soft landing on a comet.
  • HALEKALA OBSERVATORY

    HALEKALA OBSERVATORY

    First known interstellar object detected passing through the Solar System.
  • JAXA

    JAXA

    First operational rover on asteroid (162173 Ryugu).
  • NASA 2

    NASA 2

    First contact binary explored by spacecraft (486958 Arrokoth).
  • CNSA

    CNSA

    First soft landing on the far side of the Moon; also first germination of seeds on another celestial body.
  • NASA 3

    NASA 3

    First direct photograph of a black hole and its vicinity.
  • Space X

    Space X

    First orbital human spaceflight launched by a private company.
  • NASA 4

    NASA 4

    First aerodynamically-powered flight on another celestial body (Mars).