Timeline of space exploration

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    1609-1957

  • Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets

    Its important because it was the first liquid fueled rocket ever sent to space

  • First German military liquid fueled rockets developed

    It was the first liquid fueled rocket test

  • Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own

    The soviet launches there first rocket ever

  • First research flight launched by the U.S. captured by the V-2 space rocket

    The first research flight ever was launched by the us
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    1958-1980

  • First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR

    It was the first rocket put into space in earths orbit

  • First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA

    The first photograph of what earth really looks like

  • First human on moon by the U.S.

    First human to ever be on the moon successfully

  • First space station in space by USSR

    First station in space that people could live in
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    1980 to present day

  • First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA

    The farthest any spacecraft has ever gone

  • First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA

    The first photo to show what our solar system looks like

  • First landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA

    The first time that an asteroid can be observed while in space and not on earth

  • NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA

    The first to land on mars and be able to observe it