Space exploration timeline

By Bm20362
  • First telescope

    First telescope

    History of the telescope. Early depiction of a "Dutch telescope" from 1624. The earliest known working telescopes appeared in 1608 and are credited to Hans Lippershey. Among many others who claimed to have made the discovery were Zacharias Janssen, a spectacle-maker in Middelburg, and Jacob Metius of Alkmaar.

  • The first spotting

    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei
  • launched liquid fueled rockets

    launched liquid fueled rockets

    Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets
  • Flight launched

    Flight launched

    First research flight launched by the U.S

  • First animal launched

    First animals launched into space, fruit flies, by the U.S
  • Spacecraft

    Spacecraft

    Luna 1 was the first spacecraft to reach the Moon
  • Launch of first person

    Launch of first person

    Launch of Neal Armstrong in the rocket
  • The first space walk

    The first space walk

    The first space walk is made from Soviet Voskhod 2
    By Cosmonaut Alexei A. Leonov. Duration is 12 minutes, USSR misson: Voskhod 2
  • first spaceflight fatality

    first spaceflight fatality

    the first spaceflight fatality.
    Vladimir M. Komarov, in the Soviet Soyuz 1 crashed and killed him.
  • First 3 men on moon

    First 3 men on moon

    Jul 17 1969
    Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. make the first manned soft landing on the Moon, and the first moonwalk, using Apollo 11
    Misson: Apollo 11, US NASA, Armstrong and Alrdin are the first americans on the moon.
  • First photograph of the whole solar system

    First photograph of the whole solar system

    Feb 14 1990
    First photograph of the whole solar system
    M[isson: Voyager 1 U.S NASA, Voyager 1 takes the first photo of the entire solar system
  • First orbit of Saturn

    First orbit of Saturn

    Jul 1 2004
    First orbit of Saturn
    mission: Cassini–Huygens, NASA (US), ESA, and ASI the unmanned spacecraft completes its orbit after being sent out in october 17th, 1997
  • First man made probe in space

    First man made probe in space

    Aug 12 2012
    First manmade probe in interstellar space
    Misson: Voyager 1, NASA U.S the Voyager 1 reaches out of the solar system.
  • First man probe to land on a comet

    First man probe to land on a comet

    Nov 12 2014
    First manmade probe to land on a comet
    Misson: Philae lander, ESA The Philae is carried onto the comet by the Rosetta Probe