space exploration timeline

sputnik 1

Oct 4, 1956

launch date:4 october 1956, 15:28:34 UTC
mission type: technology
It was the first artificial earth satellite it was a 58 cm diameter long. millitary technology, the mission was a success precipitated the americans.

Explorer 1

Feb 1, 1958

mission type: earth science
launch date: february 1, 1958 03:48 UTC
was the first satteries werepacecraft to detect data

mercury freedom 7

May 5, 1961

mission type: test flight
launch date: may 5, 1961 14:34:13 UTC
the first united states human spaceflight the first manned
flight of project mercury, the object of which was put an astronaut the earth and return him safely.

Gemini 3

Mar 23, 1965

launch date: march 23,1965 14:24:00
operator:NASA
was the first manned mission in NASA's Gemini program
they named if molly brown for short they had two crews on bored
3 obits completed

Apollo 11

Jul 16, 1969

mission type: manned lunar landing
launch date: july 16, 1969 13:32:00
the apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first himans on the moon. armstrong was first to step onto the lunar six. he spent two and a half hours outside the spacecraft.

viking 1

Aug 20, 1975

mission type: obiter
launch date: august 20, 1975
was the first of two spacecraft sent to mars as part of NASA Viking program. the mission was successful, it landed on mars surface

Voyager 1

Sep 5, 1977

mission type: outer planetary, heliosphere, and intersellar medium exploration
launch date:september 5,1977 it studied the outer solar system operating for 36 years the spacecraft communicates with the deep space network to receive routine commands and return data.

columbia space shuttle (first launch)

Apr 12, 1981

mission type: to repair space telescope
launch date: april 12 1981
was the first spaceworthy space shuttle in NASAorbital fleet.the first mission was for the columbis to repair the hubble space telescope

Mars pathfinder

Dec 4, 1996

mission type: lander, rover
launch date: december 4, 1996 06:58:07 UTC
The mars pathfinder is an american spacecraft that landed a base station with a roving probe on mars in 1997. the renamed it to the carl sagan memorial station. launched on december 4 1996 by NASA abored a Delta II booster a month after the mars global surveyor was launched.

international space station (ISS)

Jan 1, 1998

launch date:1998
the international space station is a modual component was launched in 1998. now the largest artifical body in orbit, it can often be seen at the appropriate time with the naked eye from earth. the ISS consists of pressurised modules, external trusses, solar arrays (components).

Kepler

Mar 7, 2009

mission type: space telescope
launch date: march 7, 2009 03:49:57
it was disigned to survey a portion of our region of the miky way to discover dozens of earle size extrasolar planets in or near the habitabitable zone and estimate how many of the billions of stars in our galaxy have such planets.

Curiosity

Nov 26, 2011

mission type:Mars rover
launch date: november 26, 2011 15:02:00 UTC
the curiosity is the size of a car robotic rover exploring gale crater on mars as part of NASA's Mars Science Laboratory mission curiosity was from Cape, Canaveral the mission was successful.

spirit and opportunity

May 2, 2014

mission type: rover
launch date: 2003
exploring the plan in 2003 with the sending of the two rovers to explor the Martian syrface and geology. aracterizen was to search for and characterize a wild range of rocks and soils that hold clues to past water activity on mars.