Space Exploration Timeline

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  • Galileo discovers Jupiter's moons, and lunar craters

    Galileo discovers Jupiter's moons, and lunar craters

    Using a telescope Galileo studied the moon and other planets
  • Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket

    Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket

    Rober H. Goddard the first liquid-fueled rocket
  • First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km

    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km

    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space 80 km
  • Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1

    Soviets launched the first artificial satellite, Sputnik 1

    The first artificial satilite launched by the soviets. Named Sputnik 1 first man made object in space
  • First animal in space

    First animal in space

    First animal in orbit, the dog Laika. Put up by the USSR.
  • First image of earth from orbit

    First image of earth from orbit

    The space mission explorer 6 took the first photograph of Earth from space
  • First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit

    First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit

    First animals and plants return alive from earths orbit
  • First human manned spacecraft in orbit

    First human manned spacecraft in orbit

    Vostok 1 put Yuri Gagarin in to orbit USSR
  • First successful space flight

    First successful space flight

    Passengers safety returned to earth
  • First man on the moon

    First man on the moon

    NASA put Neil Armstrong and his crew on the moon
  • First lunar rover

    First lunar rover

    USSR put the first lunar rover on the moon
  • First reusable space shuttle

    First reusable space shuttle

    NASA creates first reusable space shuttle
  • Challenger exploded

    Challenger exploded

    The challenger exploded with a teacher on it
  • First operational rover on another planet

    First operational rover on another planet

    Rover on mars
  • Hubble telescope launched

    Hubble telescope launched

    Disfunction in the lense caused another flight to come up after to repair it
  • First deep space telescope

    First deep space telescope

    To look for another earth like planet