Space exploration

Space Exploration Timeline

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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

    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

    First artificial satellite

    1957, First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR
  • First Dog in Space

    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

    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

    Artificial Satellite around the Moon

    1966, First artificial satellite around another world (moon) purposed by USSR
  • First Human on Moon!

    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

    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

    Asteroid sample brought to Earth

    2010, First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan
  • Rover lands on Mars

    Rover lands on Mars

    2012, NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA