Timeline: Space Exploration Timeline

Jan 1, 1610

First Spotting of the moon through a telescope

Galileo was the first person to spot the moon through a telescope

Feb 1, 1610

Galileo discverd Jupiters 4 moons

Jupiters four moons were first discoverd

Mar 16, 1926

First liquid fueled rocket launched

The first liquid fueled rocket was launched into space by US sceientist Robert, H. Goddard. This started a revelution.

Oct 4, 1957

First man made object to orbit earth

Sputnik 1, sent the first man made object to orbit around earth (a satalite) This was launched by the U.S.S.R and remained in orbit until January 4, 1958. This mission proved to scientist that the upper atmosphere 's density could be deduced from its drag on the orbit

Nov 3, 1957

First Dog in space

Mission Sputnik 2, Carried the dog Laika for 7 days in orbit, was launched by the U.S.S.R and remianed in orbit until April 13, 1958. This mission tested if it was safe enough to send human beings up intp space, they did not expect Laika to live.

Jan 2, 1959

First man-made satalite to orbit the moon

The Luna 1, first man-made satellite to orbit the moon, is launched by the U.S.S.R.
first spacecraft to reach the vicinity of the Moon.

Dec 14, 1962

First space craft to fly pst venus

U.S Mariner 2, The first succsessful space craft flys past Venus and enters a solar orbit. This was the first succsessful space craft in NASA.

Jun 16, 1963

First Women in space

Vostok 6 carries Soviet Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshkova, the first woman in space and orbits the Earth 48 times. This was a big turnning point in history of women.

Feb 3, 1966

First space craft to land on moon

Soviet Luna 9 is the first spacecraft to soft-land on the moon or any planetary body other than Earth, and to transmit photographic data to Earth.

Sep 1, 1979

First close up pictures of a planet

Pioneer 11 reaches Saturn, flying to within 13,000 miles and taking the first close-up photographs.

Apr 12, 1981

First manned mission in space

The first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia , is launched

Jun 19, 1983

First women to travel in space

The first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia , is launched

Apr 24, 1990

Hubble space craft is launched

The hubble space craft was brought into orbit by a space shuttle in 1990 and is still in orbit today

Dec 7, 1995

The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter

The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter, performing an orbit while dropping a probe into the atmosphere, and putting a satellite into orbit, which will spend the next two years orbiting the planet.

Jul 18, 2011