Space Exploration Timeline By shadawg75 1608 Telescope Invention Oct 4, 1957 First satellite launched into space The first satellite was launched into space by the Soviet Union, the name of the satellite was Sputnik I. Aug 19, 1960 Dogs Strelka and Belka come back to Earth. First living things that came back to Earth alive. Jul 14, 1965 The spacecraft Mariner 4 transmitted the first pictures of Mars Oct 7, 1968 OAO-2 Launched Jul 16, 1969 First Moon Landing Dec 15, 1970 The Soviet Venera 7 became the first probe to land on Venus. May 14, 1973 First U.S space station launched into space Jan 24, 1986 Voyager 2 gets pictures of Uranus Apr 24, 1990 Hubble Telescope Launched Jul 4, 1997 Mars Pathfinder go to Mars and later got photos 2010 SpaceX Falcon 9 Launched
The first satellite was launched into space by the Soviet Union, the name of the satellite was Sputnik I.
