Space Exploration Timeline

First telescopic observation of the night sky by Galileo

1610

First liquid fueled rocket launched by Robert H. Goddard

1926

First V-2 rocket launch

1944

First dogs in space

1951

First artificial satellite; first signals from space

1957

First human in space

1961

First human piloted space flight

1961

First Human on the moon

1969

First space station

1971

First untethered space walk

1984

Challenger explosion

1986

Cassini-Huygens Mission launched

1997

Kepler Mission launched

2009

Completion of Cassini-Huygens mission

2017

First consumer car in space, a cherry-red Tesla

2018