Timeline of space exploration

First artificial satellite

Oct 4, 1957

Sputnik was the first artificial satellite and it was launched by USSR

First mammal in orbit

Nov 3, 1957

The first mammal in orbit was Laika, a USSR dog and the mission was called "Sputnik 2"

First photograph of Earth from orbit

Aug 7, 1959

First photo was took by USA in 7 august 1959 in the Explorer 6 mission's

First human-crewed orbital flight

Apr 12, 1961

They went from USSR The mission was called Vostok 1

First spacecraft to impact the far side of the Moon

Apr 26, 1962

The mission was called Ranger 4

First woman in space

Aug 16, 1963

The first woman who went on space was Valentina Tereshkova and she was from USSR, the mission was called Vostok 6.

First soft landing on another world

Feb 3, 1966

USSR launched a vehicle on the moon which land softly. The mission was called Luna 9.

First human on the Moon

Jul 20, 1969

In the 20 of July of 1969, the first human who put a step on the moon was from USA and his name was Neil Armstrong. The mission was named APOLLO 11.

First space station

Apr 19, 1971

The first space station was created by USSR, his name was Salyut 1

First photos and soil samples from Mars

Jul 20, 1976

First successful photograph and soil samples from the surface of Mars. Mission was lead by NASA (usa) and it was called "Viking Lander"

First photograph of the whole Solar System

Feb 14, 1990

First photo of the Solar System was took in the 14 february of 1990 by NASA (usa). Mission was called "Voyager 1".

First food grown in space eaten

Aug 10, 2015

The first food which grown in the space and which got eaten, was a lettuce. By ISS in 10 august 2015.