Timeline of space exploration

By jb22438
  • First Rocket

    First Rocket

    Robert H. Goddard makes first liquid fuel rocket. from the USA

  • German Liquid fuel rockets

    Germany makes its first rockets. For military use.
  • Soviet Union launches there first rocket

    Soviet Union launches there first rocket

    Soviet Union reaches an altitude of 1300 feet in the sky.

  • First animals in space

    First animals in space from the USA. Fruit flys.
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    Soviet Union launches there rocket sputnik. Sparks the space race going.
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    Space race

  • First rocket in orbit

    First rocket in USSR into orbit and sent a photo back to earth
  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1

    First man in orbit from the USSR Yuri Gagarin. Reaching a hight of 327 km above orbit.
  • First woman in Space

    First woman in Space

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space sent from the USSR. Spent 3 days in orbit. Flow on the Vostok 6.
  • First human on the moon

    First human on the moon

    First human on the moon Apollo 11. USA Neil Armstrong first few steps.

  • First Space Station

    First space station by USSR.
  • Hubble

    Hubble

    Optical orbital observatory. USA, ESA. stunning images.

  • first Polar orbit around the Sun

    BY NASA and the ESA.
  • First Rover on mars

    First Rover on mars

    First rover on mars. Pathfinder from the USA
  • ISS

    ISS

    Biggest space object made by humans. From USA, ESA, JAXA, FKA, & CSA
  • Flyby of pluto

    Flyby of pluto

    First Flyby of Pluto ever. New Horizen. from the USA