Space Exploration Timeline

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  • First telescope

    A Dutch eyeglass maker named Hans Lippershey (or Lipperhey) made the first telescope.

  • First Sighting of the Moon

    First Sighting of the Moon
    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo.

  • Largest Refracting Telescope

    t remains the largest refracting telescope ever built, even today.

  • The Hook

    It first saw light at the Mount Wilson Observatory. Edwin Hubble made a significant discovery with this telescope; that the Andromenda nebula lay beyond the Milky Way Galaxy.

  • First liquid fuel rocket

    Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rocket.

  • First Research Flight

    First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket.

  • First Animal in Space

    First animals launched into space by the U.S. They wer fruit flies.

  • Hale Telescope

    Hale Telescope
    Russell Porter created the Hale Telescope in Palomar Mountain, California.

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    First artificial satellite, first signals from space

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    First animal in orbit (the dog Laika)

  • Explorer 1

    Explorer 1
    USA’s first artificial satelite

  • Luna 1

    Luna 1
    First human-made object to orbit the Sun

  • Luna 2

    Luna 2
    First thing to come in contact with another planet or the moon. It cam in contact with the moon.

  • First Pictures of Earth

    First Pictures of Earth
    The first photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA.

  • Vostok1

    Vostok1
    First manned spaceflight and first manned orbitalflight manned byYuri Gagarin.

  • Mercury-Redstone

    USA’s first spaceflight with humans maned by Alan Shepherd.

  • First in Space

    Yuri Gagarin become the first man in space.

  • Mercury-Atlas 6

    USA’s first orbital flight with humans lead byJohnGlenn.

  • First to Orbit Earth

    John Glenn is the first American to orbit the Earth three times

  • Mariner 2

    First planetary flyby by Venus.

  • First Mars Flyby

    The Mariner passes by Mars and sees that it is a barren world with no signs of life.

  • Vostok 6

    First woman in space, first woman in orbit who was Valentina Tereshkova.

  • First Man on the Moon

    The first human on moon by the U.S. who was Apollo 11.

  • First reusable Spacecraft

    First reusable Spacecraft
    The first reusable manned spacecraft was made by U.S.

  • Venera 13

    The venera 13 goes to land on venus and brings back the first sound and soil samples from outer space.

  • First Infrared Orbital observatory

    The first infrared orbital observatory was put into space by the USA.

  • Pioneer 10

    The pioneer 10 secessfully fly past the orbit of Neptune.

  • First Space Walk

    The first unteathered space walk took place with astronauts McCandless and Stewart were the space walkers.

  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope
    The Hubble Telescope was lifted into orbit around the Earth.

  • Photograph of the Solar System

    Photograph of the Solar System
    The first photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA.

  • Large Binocular Telescope

    Large Binocular Telescope
    The Large Binocular telescope was created in Arizona, 2005, This telescope delivers 10 times shaper images than those of the Hubble Space Telescope.

  • Earths Expoplanets

    Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA

  • Mars Rover

    The Mars Rover successfully lands on Mars.