Space exploration timeline

By Ja20276
  • First working telescope

    First working telescope

    The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608, Galileo created the first working telescope it was basically a tube with lenses but it was the first one that actually worked it was founded or first brought to the Netherlands.
  • First telescope picture

    First telescope picture

    This first picture was taken/founded by the United States, it was a picture of the moon it wasn't perfect but it definatly showed the researchers what it look like. They used a technique to get this picture called Astrophotography.
  • First liquid fueled rocket

    First liquid fueled rocket

    Goddard launched the first ever liquid fueled rocker. It was founded by the United States The rocket traveled for 2.5 seconds at a speed of about 60 mph, reaching an altitude of 41 feet and landing 184 feet away. This was in auburn Massachusetts.
  • First vehicle to get above earth surface

    First vehicle to get above earth surface

    First vehicle to cross the Kármán line (100 km/~62 mi above the Earth's Surface, it was founded by Germany and the vehicle reached out into outer space.

  • First animal on space

    Jan 1 1947
    First animals launched into space, fruit flies, by the U.S
  • First spacecraft on moon

    First spacecraft on moon

    Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon.
  • First spacewalk

    First spacewalk

    The first space walk is made from Soviet Voskhod 2
  • First safe land on moon

    First safe land on moon

    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11
    The United States were the first to land on the moons safely.
  • Sample from moon

    Sample from moon

    First automatic sample return from the Moon founded by USSR
  • First landing of another planet

    First landing of another planet

    It was a mission called Venera 7 where they made a soft landing on planet Venus. It was founded by USSR

  • First soil samples

    First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world it was founded by USSR and was called Venera 13
  • Longest time in space

    Longest time in space

    Record longest duration spaceflight (437.7 days) set by Valeri Polyakov this was founded by Russia and the mission was called Mir

  • First orbit of Jupiter

    First orbit of Jupiter was founded by USA or NASA and was called Galileo.

  • First landing of an asteroid

    First landing of an asteroid was founded by NASA and was called NEAR shoemaker.

  • First to orbit dwarf planet

    First orbit of dwarf planet (Ceres). This was founded by NASA and the mission was called Dawn
    First spacecraft to orbit two separate celestial bodies.