Timeline of Space Exploration

  • First spaceflight of time

    First spaceflight of time
    This is the first object that was made by Human and which was launched in space straight after. It was done by the soviets.
  • First picture of the Earth

    First picture of the Earth
    This is the Americans who took the first space picture of the Earth at 105km of the ground
  • Launch of Spoutnik 1

    Launch of Spoutnik 1
    The URSS launched the first human made satellite which was named "Sputnik 1" into orbit around the Earth. This is the beginning of the Space Race.
  • First living being in space

    First living being in space
    The URSS sent Laika, a dog, in space. It becames the first living being in orbit, but not in space, which were flies.
  • First man in space

    First man in space
    A Russian whose name is Yuri Gagarine, becames the first man in space in orbit around the Earth in 1961
  • Kennedy's speech

    Kennedy's speech
    The president of the USA, who was John Fitzgerald Kennedy announces why he aims at sending a man to the moon before 1970.
  • First french satellite

    First french satellite
    The France becomes the third country to send a satellite into space. They enter in the Space Race at this moment.
  • Longest spaceflight of time

    The Russians won the longest time in space in a rocket which last 438 days.
  • Mars Mission

    Mars Mission
    India, which becomes the fourth country to reach Mars launched his first mission to Mars, Mangalyaan.
  • First food grown in space

    The first food that was made grow in space was lettuce. This is proof that food can be grown in space
  • First recorded sound from Mars

    The Americans recorded sounds from Mars for the first time in 2018
  • First picture of a black hole

    First picture of a black hole
    The Americans took the first photo of a black hole with what surround it.
  • Artemis I Mission

    Artemis I Mission
    Artemis I, which is the first mission of the Artemis program of the NASA aims to return to the lunar surface and maintain a more or less continuous human presence.