Space exploration Timeline

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  • First moon spotting

    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

  • First Reflecting Telescope

    Issac Newton built the first successful reflecting telescope.

  • Robert H. Goddard

    Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rockets.

  • Herman Oberth

    Herman Oberth launches the first personal rocket with students.

  • First liquid rockets developed

    First German military liquid rockets are developed.

  • First Research Flight Captured

    The first research flight launched by the U.S. Is captured by the V-2 space rocket.
  • First animals launched into space

    First animals launched into space

    The U.S. Launches fruit flys into space.
  • First ballistic missile

    First ballistic missile

    The first ballistic missile is produced by the USSR.

  • Soviet Union launches rocket

    The Soviet Union launches a rocket into low earth orbit.
  • First animal launched into orbit

    First animal launched into orbit

    A dog was launched by the USSR and did not return alive.
  • Solar powered satellite

    Solar powered satellite

    The first solar powered satellite is produced by the U.S.

  • NASA Formed

    The U.S. Forms NASA during the Space Race.

  • Luna 1

    Luna 1 became the first spacecraft to reach the moon.
  • Animals and Plants return alive

    Animals and Plants return alive

    The first plants and animals return alive from space orbit.
  • First Human Space Flight

    First Human Space Flight

    Yuri Gagarin made one orbit around the Earth aboard Votok spacecraft.

  • Pilot controlled flight

    The first pilot controlled space flight.

  • First Woman in Space

    Valentine Tereshkova became the first woman to go into space by the Soviet Union.

  • First Close-Range Photos of the Moon

    U.S. Ranger 7 relays the first close-range photographs of the Moon.

  • First Succsessful Flyby of Mars

    The Mariner 4 became the first spacecraft to succsessfully fly by Mars.

  • First Human on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong became the first man to succsessfully step foot on the moon by the U.S. This was called Apollo 11.

  • Space Transportation System

    The first manned mission of the Space Transportation system is launched
  • Venera 13

    Venera 13

    Venera 13 lands on Venus getting the first soil samples.
  • Voyager 2

    Voyager 2

    Voyager 2 completes its flyby of Saturn.

  • Challenger

    The space shuttle Challenger lifts off for its first mission.

  • Space Walk

    The first space walk in nine years takes place.
  • First U.S. Woman in Space

    First U.S. Woman in Space

    Sally K. Ride is the first U.S. woman to travel in space.

  • Endeavour

    Space shuttle Endeavour launches on STS-61, making the first on-orbit service of the Hubble Soace Telescope.

  • Thomas Reiter

    Thomas Reiter becomes the first European Space Agency astronaut to make to space walks.

  • Columbia

    Space shuttle Columbia lifts off for the 21st space flight, setting a new shuttle in-space endurance record of almost 18 days.

  • Columbia Disentigrates

    Space shuttle Columbia disentigrates above Texas, during re entry.