Space exploration timeline

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  • First spotting of the moon with a telescope.

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

    First liquid fueled rocket launched

    Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

  • First rocket launch with a student

    Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students

  • Soviet union own rocket launched.

    Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own

  • First research flight launched.

    First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket

  • First animal launched into space

    First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S..
  • First satellite

    First satellite

    The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.

  • First artificial satellite to reach the moon.

    First artificial satellite to reach the Moon vicinity and first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit.
  • First pic of another planet

    First pic of another planet

    First picture of another planets far side view. The picture is a picture of the moon.

  • First living thing to come back alive.

    First plants and animals to return alive from Earth orbit.
  • First flyby.

    First flyby.

    First Saturn flyby at 21,000 km, first photographs of Titan from Space.

  • First samples from another planet.

    First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world

  • First orbiting of an asteroid.

  • First landing on an asteroid.

  • Last encounter with one major planet.

    Last encounter with one major planet.

    First flyby of dwarf planet (Pluto).
    Last original encounter with one of the nine major planets recognized in 1981.

  • First food grown and eaten in space.

    Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.