Timeline of Space Exploration

By Zo21112
  • Galileo Found the Moon

    Galileo Found the Moon

    Galileo had spotted the moon in 1610 through a telescope
  • First Liquid Fueled Rocket

    First Liquid Fueled Rocket

    The first liquid fueled rocket was launched in 1629 and was launched by Robert H. Goddard which had been launched successfully.
  • Soviet Union Launches own Rocket

    Soviet Union Launches own Rocket

    The Soviet Union launched their first own rocket into space and this mission had been successful.
  • First animal launched into Space

    First animal launched into Space

    The U.S had launched the first animal into space, the fruit fly this mission had been successful.
  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1

    Sputnik was the first artificial satellite launched into space by the Soviet Union and was successful by being able to detect earths radio waves.
  • First Probe Launched to Mars

    First Probe Launched to Mars

    The probe had been launched by the USSR and had a destination of Mars but had failed to reach the target.
  • First Manned Spaceflight

    First Manned Spaceflight

    The USSR had created the first human crewed orbital flight and had been successful.
  • First Human On the Moon

    First Human On the Moon

    The first space shuttle to land on the moon was Apollo 11 which had people delivered to the moon the first people on the moon were Niel Armstrong, and Buzz Aldrin.
  • First Lunar Rover

    First Lunar Rover

    This was a rover created by the USSR and they had successfully created the first lunar rover.
  • First Jupiter Flyby

    First Jupiter Flyby

    The USA had successfully flown by Jupiter and was about 130,000 km away.

  • First Reusable Shuttle

    The first reusable space shuttle was created by NASA in 1981
  • Hubble Launches

    Hubble Launches

    NASA had launched Hubble on April 24th,1990 hoping to be able to get a better view of outer space and the mission was successful.

  • First Orbit of Jupiter

    The first orbit of Jupiter had given us a better look of the planet, made by the USA.
  • First Rover on Another Planet

    First Rover on Another Planet

    The first rover operational on another planet was Mars launched by the USA.
  • First Flyby of Pluto

    First Flyby of Pluto

    The US had launched a probe to the dwarf planet Pluto and was able to get close up pictures.