Time of Space Exploration

By md19604

  • 1

    First exposition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion: Treatise on the Motion of Rockets

  • 2

    Group for the Study of Reactive Motion (GIRD) launches the first Soviet liquid-fueled rocket

  • 3

    First space research flight (cosmic radiation experiments)

  • 4

    First U.S.-designed rocket to reach edge of space (80 km (49 mi))

  • 5

    First animals in space (fruit flies)

  • 6

    First intercontinental ballistic missile (ICBM)

  • 7

    First animal in orbit, the dog Laika

  • 8

    First firing of a rocket in Earth orbit
    First reaching Earth escape velocity or Trans Lunar Injection
    First detection of solar wind

  • 9

    First artificial satellite to reach the Moon vicinity and first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit

  • 10

    First photos of far side of the Moon

  • 11

    First Reusable manned spacecraft (orbital)

  • 12

    First photograph of the whole solar system[2]

  • 13

    First mission into the atmosphere of a gas giant (Jupiter)

  • 14

    First soft landing on Titan

  • 15

    Kepler Mission is launched, first space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets[3]