Space Exploration

By IAmOliver

  • First Moon Sighting

    First Moon Sighting
    Galileo Galilei saw the moon through a telescope.

  • First Sight of Moon with a Telescope

    First Sight of Moon with a Telescope
    Galileo first sight of the moon through a telescope in 1610.

  • First Liquid Fueled Rockets Launched

    First Liquid Fueled Rockets Launched
    Robert H. Goddard launches the first ever liquid fueled rocket.

  • First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

    First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched
    Robert H. Goddard launched the first ever liquid fueled rocket.

  • First Satellite to Send Signals to Earth

    First Satellite to Send Signals to Earth
    Sputnik 1 launched by the USSR becomes the first satellite to send signals back to Earth.

  • USSR Launches Ballistic Missile

    USSR Launches Ballistic Missile
    The first successful test of a ballistic missile was claimed by the USSR in 1957.

  • First Animal Launched into Orbit

    First Animal Launched into Orbit
    The USSR launched Laika the Dog into orbit.

  • First Manned Spaceflight

    First Manned Spaceflight
    The USSR's Yuri Gagarin or bite the Earth in a Vostok Spacecraft.

  • First Woman in Space

    First Woman in Space
    The USSR launched Cosmonaut Valentina Tereshkova into space in 1963.

  • First Mars Flyby

    First Mars Flyby
    NASA launched Mariner 4 which became the first vessel to flyby mars.

  • First Human on Moon

    First Human on Moon
    NASA placed astronaut Neal Armstrong on the moon in 1969.

  • First Space Station

    First Space Station
    Salyut 1 becomes the first space station. Salyut was launched by the USSR in 1971

  • First Reusable Manned Spacecraft

    First Reusable Manned Spacecraft
    NASA launched and successfully recovered a space shuttle.

  • First Picture of Whole Solar System

    First Picture of Whole Solar System
    NASA took the first picture of the whole solar system in 1995

  • Hubble Space Telescope Launched

    Hubble Space Telescope Launched
    The Hubble Space Telescope is one of the best instruments for scientific discovery. It was launched by NASA in 1990.

  • First Landing on an Asteroid

    First Landing on an Asteroid
    NASA landed on an asteroid in 2001.

  • Rover Lands on Mars

    Rover Lands on Mars
    NASA's Curiosity Rover landed on Mars in 2015.