Space Exploration Timeline

First person to use the telescope.

Jan 1, 1609

Galileo was the first person to use the telescope to see the planets.

First person to discover Uranus

Mar 13, 1781

Sir William Herschel was the first person ever known the discover Uranus.

First person to discover Neptune

Sep 23, 1846

Johann Gottfried Galle was the first person to find Neptune, and knew what he was looking at.

First person to to know that there are more galaxies.

Jan 1, 1923

Edwin Hubbles was the first person to know that there are more galaxies in space.

First person to find Pluto

Jan 1, 1930

Clyde William Tombaugh was the first person to discover Pluto.

First dog sent into space.

Nov 3, 1957

Laika was the first dog to go to space and orbit the earth.

First suit worn buy people.

Jan 1, 1961

The first space suit worn by human was the Soviet SK-1.

First food in space

Jan 1, 1962

Applesauce was the first food ever known to be eaten in space.

First woman in space.

Jun 16, 1963

Valentina Tereshkova was the first women to ever go to space.

First person to step on the moon.

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong was the first person ever known to step on the moon.

First space shuttle to go to space

Apr 12, 1981

Space shuttle OV-102 was the first space shuttle to go into space

The first discovery of the Kuiper Belt.

Jan 1, 1992

Gerard Kuiper was the first person to discover the Kuiper belt.

First person to know that the earth is round

Mar 7, 1992

Christopher Columbus was the first person to believe the Earth was round

First person to discover Makemake.

Mar 31, 2005

Micheal Brown and his teammates was the first to discover Makemake.

First plant to be grown and eaten in space.

Aug 10, 2015

The Red Romaine lettuce was the first ever food to be grown and eaten in space by astronauts.