The history of space exploration

  • Jan 1, 1370

    Mercury

    Mercury
    it is the innermost planet in the solar system, it is also the smallest of them all. It orbits the Sun once in about 88 Earth days, completing three rotations about its axis for every two orbits.
  • Mars

    Mars
    it is the fourth planet from the sun, and the second smallest planet in the solar system. named after the roman god of war,also described as the "red planet."
  • Galileo's telescope

    Galileo's telescope
    Galileo found out about the invention of the spyglass which he wanted to improve and he did when he made the telescope.
  • Saturn

    Saturn
    is the sixth planet from the sun, and the second largest planet in the solar system, after jupiter. the atmosphere consists of hydrogen and helium.
  • Jupiter

    Jupiter
    it is the fifth planet from the sun, and the largest planet in the solar system. It is a gas giant with mass one-thousandth that of the Sun but is two and a half times the mass of all the other planets in the Solar System combined.
  • Venus

    Venus
    it is the second planet from the sun, orbiting it every 224.7 Earth days. The planet is named after the Roman goddess of love and beauty. it is sometimes called earths sister planet. it is the brightest object in the sky besides the moon.
  • Earth's Moon

    Earth's Moon
    The Moon is the only natural satellite of the Earth, and the fifth largest satellite in the Solar System.
  • Uranus

    Uranus
    it is the seventh planet from the sun, and the fourth largest planet in the solar system. it was discovered by william herschel. it consists of mainly hydrogen and helium.
  • Neptune

    Neptune
    it is the 8th and farthest planet from the sun, named after the greek god posideion of the sea, maybe because it's all blue.
  • Earth

    Earth
    the third planet from the sun, has a moon. is the only planet with life in it, been around almost forever. Earth is mostly iron, oxygen and silicon in the atmosphere.
  • Pluto is discovered

    Pluto is discovered
    Is now a dwarf planet but used to be the ninth plent in our solar system. it is now classified as an ice dwarf, NASA'S new horizion spacecraft will reach pluto and the kuiper belt in 2015. it is an icy dwarf planet, that switched on august 24, 2006 because it was in the kuiper belt.
  • First Animals in Space

    First Animals in Space
    it was our first time putting animals in space.
  • Sputnik

    Sputnik
    The world's first artificial satellite was about the size of a beach ball, took about 98 minutes to orbit the Earth on its elliptical path. That launch ushered in new political, military, technological, and scientific developments. a russian probe
  • Explorer Planetary Orbiter

    Explorer Planetary Orbiter
    a space probe sent to be a quick response to the sputnik.
  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Apollo 11 was the spaceflight that landed the first humans, Americans Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin, on the Moon on July 20, 1969, at 20:18 UTC.
  • Voyager planetary orbiter

    Voyager planetary orbiter
    a space probe to study the outer solar system and interstellar medium.
  • First Space Shuttle Launch

    First Space Shuttle Launch
    our first space shuttle launch.
  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope
    The Hubble Space Telescope (HST) is a space telescope that was carried into orbit by a Space Shuttle in 1990 and remains in operation.The telescope is named after the astronomer Edwin Hubble.
  • Sojourner Rover

    Sojourner Rover
    communications were lost on september 27, 1997. it was the 1st u.s. space rover
  • First Landing on an Asteroid

    First Landing on an Asteroid
    it is our 1st time land on ansteroid in space.
  • Spirit Rover

    Spirit Rover
    Nearly 6 years after the original mission limit, Spirit had covered a total distance of 7.73 km (4.80 mi) but its wheels became trapped in sand. they later left it and stopped communications with it on May 25, 2011.
  • Opportunity Rover

    Opportunity Rover
    it was still operating as of 2012, having surpassed the previous record for longevity of a surface mission to Mars on May 20, 2010. it is still going about today.
  • 1st impact with a comet

    1st impact with a comet
    we have our 1st sight and impact with a comet.
  • Curiosity Rover

    Curiosity Rover
    it landed in the Aeolis Palus plain near Aeolis Mons or "Mount Sharp." it is still going around today.
  • Planet X

    Planet X
    it is also called Nibiru. Millions, even billions of people will die, global warming will increase; earthquakes, drought, famine, wars, social collapse, even killer solar flares will be caused by Nibiru blasting through the core of the Solar System. All of this will happen in 2012, and we must begin preparing for our demise right now....