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First telescope 1608 by Hans Lippershey
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First telescope to see orbiting objects 1611 by Galileo
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First liquid fueled rocket launched in 1926 by Robert H. Goddard
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Soviet Union first rocket of thee own in 1933
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First animals launched into space in 1947 by U.S
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First rocket launched into earth orbit 1959 by USSR
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First women in space by USSR in 1963 named Valentina Tereshkova
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First sighting of Mars and flyby by U.S NASA in 1965
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First man to walk on moon July 20, 1969 Neil Armstrong
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First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface in 1971
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First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S NASA in 1983
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First polar orbit around the sun by U.S NASA and ESA in 1992
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First orbit of an Asteroid by U.S NASA in 2000
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Kepler mission launched first space telescope by USA in 2009
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First sample of an Asteroid brought back to earth by Japan in 2012