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  The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo
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  Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets
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  First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket
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  Albert I, a rhesus monkey. Lack of fanfare and documentation made Albert an unsung hero of animal astronauts.
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  First artificial satellite put into space (brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR)
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  rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR
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  photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA
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  sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA
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  human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful!
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  soft landing on Mars (first signals from the surface)
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  reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.
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  photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
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  polar orbit around the Sun by U.S. NASA and the ESA
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  Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's
 expoplanets by USA
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  rover successfully lands on mars (to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA)