Space exploration

Space Explorations

By ib19040
  • Soviet Union First Satellite

    Soviet Union First Satellite

    The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space.
  • First Dog in Space

    First Dog in Space

    The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board. Laika did not survive the voyage.
  • First Human in Space

    First Human in Space

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.
  • First Womam in Space

    First Womam in Space

    Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space.
  • First Men on the Moon,Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin

    First Men on the Moon,Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin

    July 20 - Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first men on the moon.
  • First Moon Sample

    First Moon Sample

    First moon sample brought to Earth
  • First Launched U.S. Space Station

    First Launched U.S. Space Station

    The U.S. launched its first space station, Skylab.
  • First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world

    First Venus soil samples & sound recording of another world

    First Venus Samples
  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope

    The Space Shuttle Discovery deployed the Hubble Space Telescope.
  • First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)

    First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)

    First mission to jupiter
  • First landing on an asteroid

    First landing on an asteroid

    First landing on an astroid.
  • Larges Telescope in Space

    Larges Telescope in Space

    NASA launched the largest-diameter infrared telescope ever in space, the Spitzer Space Telescope.
  • First orbit of Mercury

    First orbit of Mercury

    The first orbit of Mercury was made.
  • First probe to land on a comet

    First probe to land on a comet

    First manmade probe to land on a comet
  • First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune

    First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune

    First spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets