Space timeline 1957-2030

The launch of "Sputnik"

Oct 4, 1957

The soviet army released the first unmanned artificial satellite, that was about the size of a beach ball, and weighed less than 190 pounds. Spuntnik remained in orbit for about 3 moths before it returned back to earth

The launch of "explorer 1"

Jan 31, 1958

After many failed events, such as the "vanguard", The USA finally launched the "explorer 1" a satellite weighing about 30 pounds. The "explorer 1" remained in orbit for about 12 years, even though its batteries died after about 4 months.

First person in space

Apr 12, 1961

27-year-old Russian astronaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin is offically the first person to enter space

First picture of Mars

Jun 14, 1965

Mariner 4 took the first ever photos of the red planet, helping astronauts understand more about the planet itself

The first moon landing

Jul 20, 1969

The Apollo 11 and astronauts Neil Armstrong, Michael Collins, and Edwin Aldrin Jr. landed on the moon, and Neil Armstrong was the first person to step foot on the moon "One small step for man, One giant leap for mankind"

Hubble space telescope

Aug 10, 1990

A telescope designed by NASA in order to capture high resolution pictures of space, (even past light pollution) is launched into space

First rover lands on Mars

Jul 4, 1997

Sojourner, a U.S wheeled robotic rover, was the first thing from earth to land on the red planet.

First segment of the ISS is launched

Nov 20, 1998

A Russian proton named Zarya "sunrise" launches the first segment of the ISS (international space station) into orbit

Mars walk

2025

My prediction is that by 2025 someone would step foot on the red planet, and start research in order to begin colonization

Colonization of Mars

2030

My prediction is that we will colonize a small population of people on mars that will slowly expand into a full community/city