Space Exploration Timeline

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  • First Telescope

    First Telescope

    This is when Galileo made the first ever telescope to be specific an optical telescope

  • First Reflecting Telescope

    Sir Isaac Newton created the first ever reflecting telescope

  • First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics

    William Moore published a book on rocket mechanics
  • First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

    First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

    Robert H. Goddard was the first person ever to lauch a liquid fuel rocket

  • First American-Designed Rocket reaches space

    He US successfully launched there first rocket into space
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    This was the first ever sataliete in earth's orbit

  • First Weather Satellite

    Tiros 1 was the first ever weather sataliete

  • First Human In Space

    Yuri Gagarin was the first ever human to go into outer space
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11

    This was the first ever moon landing in history

  • First Space Station

    The Soviet Union was the first to launch a space station into our orbit it's name was Saylut

  • First Space Shuttle

    The Colombia was the first space shuttle ever launched successfully
  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    The US launched the Hubble telescope which is the first telescope in our orbit

  • First Mars Rover

    This is the first time that we alanded on the Mars and are on the surface exploring in a vehicle

  • First Spacecraft to Orbit an Asteroid

    Dawn was the first ever spaceship to land in the or it of an asteroid

  • First Spacecraft to Orbit a Comet

    The European were the first to land on a comet

  • First Spacecraft to Orbit a Comet

    On this day the Europeans were able to actually land on a comet
  • First Spacecraft to Orbit a Dwarf Planet

    First Spacecraft to Orbit a Dwarf Planet

    Dawn was the first ever spaceship to orbit around a dwarf planet it took 9 years but now is orbiting Pluto