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Spotting of Moon
1610 Galileo was the first to spot the moon through a telescope. -
Publication of Principa
On this day Sr. Issac Newton published the principa. This was an outline of his three laws of gravity, and also his universal law of gravity. This was said to be one of the most scientific wrightings of all time. -
Liquid Fueled Rocket
1926, Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets. -
First Personal Rocket
1929, Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students -
Liguid Rocket created by German
1931, First German military liquid fueled rockets developed -
First Soviet Union Rocket
1933, Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own -
Animal Mission
1947, First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
First artificial satellite
1957, First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR -
First Dog in Space
1957, First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive -
First Ballistic Missle
1957, First ballistic missle produced by the USSR -
Solar Wind
1959, First detection of solar wind by USSR -
First Rocket in Earths Orbit
1959, First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR -
First Photo of Earth
1959, First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA -
Plants and Animals return from Space
1960, First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit -
First human Spaceflight
1961, First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight -
First Woman in Space
1963, First women in space by USSR -
Mars has been spotted
1965, First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA -
Artificial Satellite around the Moon
1966, First artificial satellite around another world (moon) purposed by USSR -
First Human on Moon!
1969, First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful! -
Space Station in Space
1971, First space station in space by USSR -
First Soft Landing on Mars
1971, First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface -
Reusable Spacecraft
1981, First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. -
Spacecraft farther than Neptunes Orbit
1983, First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA -
First Solar System Photo
1990,First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA -
Polar Orbit around Sun
1992, First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA -
Longest Duration in the Orbit of Earth
1995, Longest duration in the orbit of earth by Valeri Polyakov (437.7 days) from Russia -
Oribit of an asteroid
2000, First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
First Landing on an Asteriod
2001, First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA -
Kepler Mission
2009, Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA -
Asteroid sample brought to Earth
2010, First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan -
Rover lands on Mars
2012, NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA
