Space Exploration Timeline

By kc19313
  • First Spotting of the Moon

    First Spotting of the Moon

    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei. Picture shows Galilieo"s drawings of the moon phases.
  • Robert Goddard

    Robert Goddard

    Robert Goddard, and American engineer, launched the first liquid fueld rocket, in Massachusetts.

  • Soviet Union First Rocket

    Soviet Union launches their first rocket into space.
  • Hermann Oberth

    Hermann Oberth

    Hermann Oberth joined a team of scientists that designed the rocket shown for the German military. The Germans used the V-2 as a missile to bomb numerous targets in Belgium, England, and France. In 1942, the V-2 was launched to an altitude of 176 km, making it the first human-made object to travel into space.

  • Research Flight

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

  • First Animals (U.S.)

    First animals were launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S..
  • First Animal in Space by USSR

    First Animal in Space by USSR

    First animal was launched into orbit. A dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive.

  • First Artifical Satellite

    The first artificial satellite is put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR.

  • Ballistic Missle

    The first ballistic missle is produced by the USSR.

  • First Rocket Launched (USSR)

    First rocket is launched into the Earth's orbit by the USSR.

  • Solar Wind

    First detection of solar wind by USSR.

  • First Photograph

    First photograph of the Earth from the Earth's orbit by U.S. NASA.

  • Plants and Animals Return

    First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit.

  • Human Space Flight and Humanned Orbital Flight.

    The first human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight.
  • First Woman (USSR)

    First Woman (USSR)

    The first woman,Valentina Tereshkova, to go to space, USSR.
  • Sighting Mars

    Sighting Mars

    First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA.
  • Man on the Moon

    Man on the Moon

    The first human on the moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11)is successful!

  • Soft Landing on Mars

    First soft landing on Mars and is the first signals from the surface.
  • Space Station

    Space Station

    The first space station put into space by USSR.

  • Reusable Manned Spacecraft

    First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S..

  • Spacecraft to go Beyond Neptune

    First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA.
  • Photograph of Solar System

    Photograph of Solar System

    The first photograph of the whole solar system is taken by U.S. NASA.

  • Polar Orbit

    First polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA.
  • Asteroid Orbit

    Asteroid Orbit

    The first orbit of an asteroid; U.S. NASA.

  • Landing on an Asteroid

    The first landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA

  • Researching Earth's Expoplanets

    The Kepler Mission launched the first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA

  • Asteroid Brought to Earth

    The first sample of an asteroid is brought back to Earth by Japan.
  • Rover Lands on Mars

    Rover Lands on Mars

    The NASA rover successfully lands on Mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA.
  • Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (No Date)

    Konstantin Tsiolkovsky (No Date)

    Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, a Russian schoolteacher, realized that it was important to to find right balance between the amount of fuel a rocket uses and how heavy the rocket is.