space time line

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

Nov 19, 1610

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

1926-Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

Nov 25, 1926

first liquid rocket

1931-First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

Nov 25, 1931

liquid rocket

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

Nov 19, 1947

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

Nov 19, 1957

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

1959-First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

Nov 19, 1959

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

Nov 25, 1959

first picyrue of earth from space

1961-First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight

Nov 19, 1961

First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight

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

Nov 19, 1965

First sighting of mars

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

Nov 25, 1971

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.

Apr 12, 1981

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.

Aug 25, 1981

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.

Mar 1, 1982

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.

Jun 19, 1983

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

Apr 24, 1990

launch of the hubel telescope