space time line

By bm18231@students.dce.k12.wi.us

  • 1610- The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

    The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei
  • 1926-Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

    1926-Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

    first liquid rocket
  • 1931-First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

    1931-First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

    liquid rocket

  • 1947-First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.

    First animals launched into space by the USA they were fruite flys

  • 1957-First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive

    First animal launched into orbit it was a dog and did not survive

  • 1959-First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

    1959-First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR
  • 1959-First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

    1959-First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

    first picyrue of earth from space

  • 1961-First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight

    First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight
  • 1965-First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA

    1965-First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA

    First sighting of mars

  • 1971-First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface

    first landing on mars
  • April 12, 1981First Space Shuttle LaunchThe first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia, is launched. This mission, as well as the next three, will be a test flight to try out the spacecraft's systems.

    April 12, 1981First Space Shuttle LaunchThe first manned mission of the Space Transportation System (STS-1), Columbia, is launched. This mission, as well as the next three, will be a test flight to try out the spacecraft's systems.

    First manned Space Shuttle Launch

  • August 25, 1981Voyager 2 Arrives at SaturnThe Voyager 2 spacecraft arrives at Saturn and begins sending back images of the planet and its moons.

    Voyager 2 Arrives at Saturn

  • First Venus Soil SamplesThe Soviet Venera 13 spacecraft lands on the planet Venus and provides the first scientific analysis of the Venusian soil.

    we find soils from venus

  • June 19, 1983First American Woman in SpaceAstronaut Sally K. Ride becomes the first American woman to travel into space on Space Shuttle Challenger mission STS-7.

    First American Woman in Space
  • Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for mission STS-31, carrying the Edwin P. Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The telescope is successfully deployed, but is found to contain a seriously flawed primary mirror resulting in fuzzy images. A future Space Shuttle m

    Space Shuttle Discovery lifts off for mission STS-31, carrying the Edwin P. Hubble Space Telescope (HST). The telescope is successfully deployed, but is found to contain a seriously flawed primary mirror resulting in fuzzy images. A future Space Shuttle m

    launch of the hubel telescope