the time line i am useing for space exploration By opnine Jan 1, 1650 galileo made the first ACTUAL TELESCOPE made the first ACTUAL TELESCOPE Jan 1, 1926 Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets Jan 1, 1929 HERMAN OBERTH launches first personal rocket with students watching them Jan 1, 1931 First German military liquid fueled rockets developed Jan 1, 1957 First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR Jan 1, 1963 first women Jan 1, 1965 First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA Jan 1, 1965 First sighting of mars and flyby by U.S. NASA Jan 1, 1969 First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful! Jan 1, 1971 First soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface Jan 1, 1981 First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S Jan 1, 1983 First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA Jan 1, 2000 First orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA Jan 1, 2009 Kepler Mission launched first space telescope designated for research of Earth's expoplanets by USA Jan 1, 2012 NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA