Timeline of Space Exploration By Mn22340 1609 1609 to 1958 1610 1610- Galileo first saw the moon through a telescope 1926 1926- Robert Goddard launched first liquid fueled rocket 1931 1931-German military created liquid fueled rockets 1947 1947-The US launched the first animals into space which were fruit flies 1957 1957- USSR launched the first animal into orbit, a dog named Laika 1958 1959 to 1980 1959 1959-First photograph of the earth from orbit NASA 1960 1960-First plants and animals return to earth safely from orbit 1963 1963-First women put in space by USSR 1969 1969-First human on the moon by the U.S. 1971 1971-First space station put in space by USSR 1981 1981 to Present Day 1981 1981-First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. 1990 1990-First photograph of the entire solar system by NASA 1990 1990- Hubble was launched by NASA 1992 1992-First polar orbit around the Sun by NASA and the ESA 2001 2001-First landing on an asteroid by NASA
