Space Exploration Timeline

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  • Period: to

    1609-1957

  • First liquid fueled rocket

    Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket into space.

  • Rocket planned to go to Venus

    Miami Beach planned launch a rocket to the planet Venus.

  • The first American rocket made it to Space

    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space

  • First animal in Space

    The first animal in space was a fruit fly.

  • Sputnik

    The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a basketball, weighed only 183 pounds, it took Sputnik about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth. James Van Allen was a big part of making Sputnik.
  • Period: to

    1958-1980

  • The first photograph

    The First photograph was taken of the Earth fin orbit.

  • first animals return

    The first plants and animals to return alive from Earth orbit.

  • First American Manned Earth Orbiter

    First American manned Earth orbiter

  • Gemmi 1

    Gemini 1 a two-seat spacecraft system launches a unmanned flight.

  • First man to walk on the moon/ Apollo 11 Mission

    Neil armstrong Walked on the moon.
  • Period: to

    1981 - present day

  • Galileo Spacecraft

    The U.S. Galileo spacecraft, on its way to Jupiter, successfully getting images and other data on its flyby.

  • Fuse

    FUSE a satellite was launched on in 1999, and operated until October 18, 2008.

  • First solar wind sample

    First solar wind sample returned from Space.

  • Kepler is launched

    Kepler Mission is launched the first space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets.

  • First Manmade Probe

    The First manmade probe in interstellar space.