Timeline of space exploration

By Jb21342

  • 1610

    1610
    Galileo Galilei is the first to see the moon through a telescope.

  • 1926

    Robert Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket.

  • 1933

    Soviet Union launches their first rocket.

  • 1957

    1957
    The first artificial satellite (Sputnik) is put in orbit.

  • 1957

    1957
    The first animal was put into space but did not return alive.

  • 1959

    The first rocket is put into orbit

  • 1965

    1965
    First sighting of Mars by NASA.

  • 1969

    1969
    The US puts the first person on the moon!

  • 1971

    1971
    The first space station is put in space.

  • 1971

    First landing on Mars/first signals from the surface.

  • 1983

    First spacecraft beyond Neptune's orbit.

  • 1990

    1990
    First picture of the whole solar system.

  • 2009

    2009
    The first space telescope is launched.

  • 2010

    The first asteroid sample is brought to Earth.

  • 2012

    2012
    NASA lands a rover on Mars.