Space Exploration By dc19730 Oct 8, 1610 The first sighting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei Oct 8, 1926 Robert H. Goddard launched the first rocket with liquid fuel. Oct 8, 1929 Hermann Oberth launched the first personal rocket with students Oct 8, 1931 First German military liquid fueled rockets were developed Oct 8, 1933 Soviet Union launched the first rocket of there own Oct 8, 1946 First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket Oct 8, 1947 Fruit flies were the first animals launched into space by the U.S. Oct 8, 1957 First artificial satellite was put into space that brought back signals to earth launched by the USSR Oct 8, 1957 First animal was launched into orbit, a dog named Laika was launched by USSR and did not return alive Oct 8, 1957 First ballistic missle was produced by the USSR Oct 8, 1959 The first rocket was launched into earths orbit by the USSR Oct 8, 1959 The first rocket was launched into earths orbit by the USSR Oct 8, 1959 The first photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit was taken by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 1960 The first plants and animals to return to earth safely and alive from the Earth's orbit Oct 8, 1961 The frst human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight Oct 8, 1963 The first women in space by USSR Oct 8, 1965 The first sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 1966 The first artificial satellite around another world (the moon) was purposed by USSR Oct 8, 1969 The first human on the moon by the U.S. Apollo 11 Oct 8, 1971 The first space station in space was built by USSR Oct 8, 1971 The first soft landing on Mars and the first signals from the surface Oct 8, 1981 The first reusable manned spacecraft was made by the U.S. Oct 8, 1983 The first spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune was achived by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 1990 The first photograph of the whole solar system was taken by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 1992 The first polar orbit around the Sun was done by U.S. NASA and the ESA Oct 8, 1995 The longest duration in the orbit of earth by Valeri Polyakov (437.7 days) from Russia Oct 8, 2000 The first orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 2001 The first landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA Oct 8, 2009 Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA Oct 8, 2010 The first sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan Oct 8, 2012 NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out signs of life by U.S. NASA