Timeline of Space Exploration

By sl19435

  • Galileo bulids the first telescope

    Galileo is the founder and inventor of the very first telescope
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    Space Exploration

  • Galileo looks at the moon

    Galileo looks at the moon

    Galileo is the first to see the moon through a telescope
  • Galileo Discovers Jupiters 4 moons

    Galileo Discovers Jupiters 4 moons

    Galileo found Jupiters 4 moons:Lo, Europa, Ganymede, and Callisto.

  • Russian space station launches rocket

    The Soviet Uniion launches their very first rocket.

  • Two dogs are launched into space

    Malyshka and Linda (from Russia) are the first dogs to be launched into outer space.
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  • The first animal went into orbit

    The first animal went into orbit

    Laika, the first dog to go into orbit. She was on Sputnik 2(Russian).
  • First Photos of the Far Side of the Moon

    First Photos of the Far Side of the Moon

    The first photos of the "dark/far side" of the moon were seen.

  • First Soft Landing on the Moon

    Surveyor 1 landed on the moon. NASA sent it there.

  • First Saturn Flyby

    NASA sent Pioneer 11 into space and it was the first probe to "encounter" Saturn.
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  • First Uranus Flyby

    Voyager 2, sent by NASA, flew by Uranus for the first time.
  • First Neptune Flyby

    First Neptune Flyby

    Voyager 1, sent by NASA, flew by Neptune.

  • First Landing on Titan

    USA,ESA,ASI spacecraft landed on Jupiter's moon Titan.

  • First Orbit with Mercury

    MESSENGER came into orbit with Mercury.
  • First probe to Land on a Comet

    First probe to Land on a Comet

    ESA sent a probe into space. It finally landed on a comet.