Space exploration timeline

By Kp20732

  • Telescope invented

    Hans Lippershey invented the first known telescope.

  • Confirming Earth isn't the center of out solar system

    Galileo made a telescope and confused that earth is not the center of our solar system.

  • Clear picture of the moon

    John Draper took the first clear telescopic picture of the moon

  • Rockets

    The first liquid fueled rocket was launched by Robert Goddard.

  • Sent a monkey into space

    Sent the first monkey into space

  • First animal in orbit

    First animal in orbit, laika the dog.

  • First picture in earths orbit

    first picture of Earth from orbit.

  • Pictures of Earth

    The first picture of Earth taken from orbit.

  • Pictures

    The first picture of another world, from space. (The far side of the moon)

  • Pictures

    first picture of another world, from space (the far side of the moon)

  • First man in space

    the first man (Yuri Gagarin) was sent into space

  • The first women launched into space

    the first women Launched into Space ( orbited Earth 48 times)
  • The first man on the moon

    The first man on the moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first man to walk on the moon, that took place on this day.

  • Spacecrafts

    First spacecraft to travel farther than the planets in the solar system.

  • Spacecrafts

    The first spacecraft to travel farther than the planets in the solar system

  • First untethered space walk

    The first untethered space walk (Bruce McCandless II)

  • Untethered space walk

    The first untethered space walk (Bruce McCandless II)

  • Solar picture

    First picture of our whole solar system.

  • Asteroids

    First landing on an asteroid.

  • Lettuce

    Lettuce, the first food to be grown and eaten in space.

  • First picture of