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Konstantin publishes " The Exploration of Comic Space by means of Reaction Devices". This is the first serious work to be published that shows space exploration is theoretically possible.
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ACA becomes National Advisory Council on Aeronautics (NACA). The forerunner of NASA.
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U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid feuled rocket from his aunts farm in Massachusetts. The 4- foot tall rocket is only in the air for 2.5 seconds, but paves the way for the U.S. rocket program.
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After tow failures, Germany sucesfully launches their V-2 rocket. It is the first man- made object to achive sub- orbital spaceflight.
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The U.S. launches its first American-designed rocket. Known as the Wac Corpral, the rocket reaches the edge of space at an altitude of 50 miles after being launced form New Mexico.
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Fruit Flies became the first animals in space as a V-2 rocket is launched from the White Sands proving ground. The flies were dead from the getgo.
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Marion Carl in Douglas skyrocket reached a record 25,370km.
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The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.
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the Soviets launched a Sputnik 2, the spacecraft contained a pressurised container that housed a dog named Laika. Laika lived for 8 days until the food suply ran out, and proved that animals could survive in space.
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America's first atempt at putting a satalite into orbit failed.
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The United States successfully test-fired for the first time a Titan intercontinental ballistic missile from Cape Canaveral.
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Pioneer 4, the 1st US probe to enter solar orbit, was launched.
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Pioneer 5 was launched into solar orbit between Earth & Venus.
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Korabl-Sputnik-2 (Spaceship Satellite-2), also known as Sputnik 5, was launched. On board were the dogs Belka ( Squirrel) and Strelka (Little Arrow). Also on board were 40 mice, 2 rats and a variety of plants. After a day in orbit, the spacecraft's retrorocket was fired and the landing capsule and the dogs were safely recovered. They were the first living animals to survive orbital flight.
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Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
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President Kennedy challenged the country to put a man on the moon by the end of the decade.
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The spacecraft Mariner 4 transmited the first pictures of Mars.
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The Russian spacecraft Luna 9 became the first spacecraft to land on the moon.
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A capsule from the Soviet probe collected data about the atomosphere of Venus.
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Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrain became the first men on the moon.
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Astronauts Sally K. Ride and Guion S. Bluford Jr. became the first woman and first African-American to be tapped by NASA for U.S. space missions.
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Space shuttle Columbia launched for its first operational flight. The 4-man crew successfully used a remote manipulator arm.
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The Space Shuttle Challenger, carrying seven, the largest crew to date, landed safely at Kennedy Space Center in Florida.
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Just 73 seconds into its 10th launch, Americans watched in horror as the space shuttle Challenger (STS-51L) exploded in midair, killing its crew of seven: Navy pilot Michael J. Smith, Commander Francis Scobee and mission specialist Ronald McNair, mission specialist Ellison Onizuka, first teacher in space Christa McAuliffe, payload specialist Gregory Jarvis and mission specialist Judith Resnik.
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The aperture door of the Hubble Space Telescope was opened by ground controllers as the space shuttle Discovery, which had carried the Hubble into orbit, prepared to return home.
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The space shuttle Atlantis blasted off with seven astronauts on the first shuttle mission devoted to the environment.
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The space shuttle Endeavour blasted off on a mission to fix the Hubble Space Telescope.
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The shuttle Atlantis and the Russian space station Mir docked, forming the largest man-made satellite ever to orbit the Earth.
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The Shuttle Columbia landed after a record flight of 16 days, 21 hours, 48 minutes and 30 sec.
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NASA said it would not send another shuttle mission to service and repair the Hubble Space Telescope.
