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space timeline
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First telescope
the first telescope was inevented in 1608 -
Galileo Galilei
using his new telescope,he discovers the four largest moons of Jupiter and craters -
refracting telescope
this telescope holds the largest glass lens possible before the telescope will begin to buckle under its own weight this was the biggest telescope at the time,ones like this are nolonger used because telescopes today a far more advanced -
first satellite
suptnik 1 was the first satellite made by the soviet union -
first mammal in space
lakia was the first dog in space laika died, lakia helped them inprove safty in space travel -
first living animals
sputnik 5, Strelka and Belka. They became the first living beings to survive a trip into space -
NASA
the National Aeronautics and Space Administration was formed as a company to fund space travel -
first man in space
Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space -
first space walk
ed white became the first american to space walk -
first men on the moon
neil armstong and "buzz" aldrin became the first men to walk on the moon -
space station
the U.S launched there first space station called skylab -
space shuttle
the U.S launched there first space shuttle,Columbia -
hubble telescope
the HST was launched -
Endeavor
the Endeavor takes off from its carryer -
Galileo mission
the space shuttle that ran the Galileo mission crashed into jupiter by design at 108,000mph -
kepler
the kepler's misssion was to find planets, outside our solar system -
Virgin Galactic
Virgin Galactic will begin flights of SpaceShipTwo to sub-orbit. -
mars lander
next Mars lander, InSight, will launch to mars to study beneath the surface using a drill. -
ISS
the ISS will be decommissioned and de-orbited at some point after 2020. -
mars settlers
the first mars settlers will start colonising
