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Galileo's Discovery
Galileo spots the moon through a telescope -
Von Braun
Von Braun and his companions demonstrated a liquid-fueled rocket to the German Army. Unfortunatly, the rocket ended up crashing before the parachute had time to open. Luckily, Braun was still accepted to have the job of making the liquid rockets. On April 19th, the first Goddard rocket was fired. The vanes of the Goddard gave it a stabilized flight. -
Soviet Union
In 1933 the Soviet Union launched a new rocket fueled by solid and liquid, reaching a height of 400 meters. This took place near Moscow, and the country of Russia was involved -
Jet Propulsion Labratory
Scientists from the California Institute of Technology began to test rockets near Pasadena. This became the start of the Jet Propulsion Laboratory. The Smithsonian Institution printed Robert Goddard's famous report, "Liquid Propellant Rocket Development," in March. -
First Live Animals Sent Into Space
First animals launched into space (fruit flies). They were sent by the United States using a captured v-2 rocket. They were rocketed at 68 miles by a Blossom Capsule. When they returned to Earth, the fruit flies were alive and well -
Luna 1
On February 1st of 1959, the Russians had launched Luna 1 into space. The space probe was the very first to get close to the Moon. -
Apollo 11
On July 21, 1969 Armstrong and Aldrin were the first men ever to walk on the moon. They had came back to Earth wit 48 lb. of samples from the moon, which were from Mare Tranquillitatis -
Pioneer 10
NASA had launched Pioneer 10 for a Jupiter fly-by in space. It was also the first astronomical telescope on the moon, and came back with the first color image of Eath -
German Helios 1
On December 10, 1974 NASA had launched the German Helios 1 into space to orbit the sun. The German Helios 1 was a space probe that was made by the Federal Replublic of Germany. -
Venera 9 and Venera 10
In 1975 the Soviet Union launched Venera 9 and Venera 10 into space to orbit Venus. Venera 9 was able to reach the surface. -
STS-1
John Young and Robert Crippen had flown Columbia into space and into orbit. The orbit lasted for 54 hours and was launched from the Kennedy Space Center. It had then returned to the Edwards Air-force Base in California. -
Bruce McCandless
Bruce McCandless was the first man to orbit the Earth, and was also the first human satelite -
Voyager II
In 1989 the USA launched the Voyager II. It was the first probe to ever reach Neptune. -
Voyager 1
on February 14 of 1990, the Voyager 1 was launched into space by NASA USA. The Voyager 1 came back with the first ever picture of the whole Solar System, -
Shoemaker
On December 3, 2000 NASA had launched Shoemaker, a probe that orbited an asteroid near Earth named Eros. The mission was the first to have orbited an asteroid and land on one.
