Space Timeline

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  • The first telescope

    The first telescope

    The first telescope was built by Galileo. He made an refracting telescope. It had convex lenses.
  • Telescope used to get a clear picture of the moon

    Telescope used to get a clear picture of the moon

    John William Draper was the first man to have a telescope that took a clear image of the moon

  • Launching the first liquid rocket

    Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets in Aburn, Massachusetts
  • V2 Mission

    V2 Mission

    Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students in Kennedy space center in Florida

  • V-2 mission

    First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    First rocket launched into earth's orbit by the USSR. The mission was called Sputnik 1
  • Vostok 6

    Vostok 6

    First woman in space who was Valentina Tereshkova.
  • Gemini three

    Gemini three

    NASA launches the first two-person space flight. The crew was Gus Grissom and John Young
  • Salyut 1

    Salyut 1

    First space station in space by USSR
  • Mars three mission

    Mars three mission

    First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface
  • Voyager 1

    Voyager 1

    First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
  • NEAR mission

    NEAR mission

    First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA
  • NEAR Shoemaker

    NEAR Shoemaker

    First orbit around an asteroid. Eugene Shoemaker and NASA was involved
  • Hayabusa 2 mission

    Hayabusa 2 mission

    First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan. JAXA was involved
  • MRO

    MRO

    When MRO landed on Mars. Scott Hubbard and Jennifer Trosper was involved.