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space inventions time line

By carl149
  • the space suit

    the space suit
    to let humans go into space they invented the space suit, it allows humans to go out of the shuttle to do work out side. it is a very important invention for space exploration
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  • sputnik

    sputnik
    it was developed in the Soviet Union (Russia) and it was the first artificial satellite to go into space and it started the great space race.
  • lunokhud 1

    lunokhud 1
    it landed on the moon Nov 1970, it was the first rover to land on any celestial body. It was launched onboard the Luna 17 spacecraft on Nov 10, 1970 ,it drove 197 miles. it held the durability record for space rovers (11 months of operation) for 30 years until the Mars exploration rovers.
  • space shuttle columbia

    space shuttle columbia
    construction started in 1975 in the US. and it was the first space worthy shuttle. It had 28 missions and total time spent in space was 300 days 17:40:22 and its last flight was Jan 16, 2003-Feb 1 2003.
  • canadarm 1

    canadarm 1
    it was developed in Canada and since the first Canadarm there has been five arms in total but unfortunately one was lost in the challenger accident.
  • hubble space telescope

    hubble space telescope
    it was carried into orbit by space shuttle Discovery and it is still in use, its launch date was Apr 24, 1990 8:33:51, the telescope was named after astronomer Edwin Hubble.
  • international space station

    international space station
    it is a habitable artificial satellite. It is the ninth space station to be inhabited the first space station was the Salyut. The international space station is still up there today.