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Jan 1, 700
0 B.C.E. Discovery of fire
Around 7000 B.C.E humans discovered fire, although this wasn't so much of a technology, it was a step forward and without the discovery of fire no space exploration or research technology mentioned on this timeline would have been possible.More information on the discovery of fire -
Jan 1, 1000
Invention of Gunpowder
In around 1000 A.D. Gunpowder was invented in ancient China, they used the gunpowder for shooting signals up into the air and for fireworks. More about the invenvention of Gunpowder -
Jan 1, 1300
Invention of the Cannon
Before 1300 wars were fought with bows and arrows which were useless against medieval castles. Warmongers wanted something with more strength and when someone put a steel ball and a pile of gunpowder into a iron tube and lit it, the cannon was born. This assisted by firstly creating the technology to launch an object into the air it also got people thinking about firing objects into the air.More about the invention of the Cannon -
Invention of the Telescope
The first known Telescope was invented in 1608 by Hans Lippershy.Galileo Galilei was the first person to use telescopes for astronomy, he made many significant discoveries, including that the Earth rotates around the sun, the 4 moons of Jupiter, the Moon's craters, and the Milky Way galaxy..Galileo Galilei also invented various telescopes specifically created for astronomy.More about the invention of the Telescope -
First Rocket to reach space
The first rocket to reach space, an altitude of 100 km, was the German V-2 rocket, on a test flight in June 1944. It was not intended to go into space, it was a V-2 misslie used for war.More about the first rocket into space -
Invention of the Satellite
In 1957 the first satellite was invented and launched. It was named Sputnik 1 and was about the size of a baseball.More about the invention of the Satellite -
Invention of the space suit
The first ever space suit was the Mercury space suit. It was intending for a misson to Mercury however this didn't go ahead. The space suit wasn't full coverage and wasn't a space suit like we know today however it started people thinking about space suits and improving of the initial design.More about the invention of the Space suit -
First person in space
On the 12th April 1961, Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first man in space. Hisspacecraft, Vostok 1, completed one orbit of the earth, and landed about two hours after launch.More about the First Man in Space -
Invention of the V-2 Rocket
The V-2 rocket was the sort of rocket that got Neil Armstrong and his team to the moon, and it wouldn't have been possible without world war 2. Wernher von Braun was the german rocket scientist who designed and created the V-2 rocket, he did so during the 2nd world war, intending for the invention to be used as a wepon however the V-2 rocket was too late and had no effect on the outcome of the war. After the war Wernher von Braun surrendered himself over to the US forces to help them. -
First Man on the Moon
On the 20th of July 1969, the first man walked on the moon. Neil Armstrong and his team took 72 hours in the Apollo 11 space shuttle. As Neil stepped onto the moon for the first time he uttered the words "That's one small step for [a] man, one giant leap for mankind" More about the first man on the moon -
Invention of the Mars Rover
he first Mars Rover was ivented in 1971 however didn't work. The first Mars Rover to land on Mars landed on the 4th July 1997.More about the invention of the Mars RoverT -
Start of the international Space Station
The international Space Station is a space research facility, floating in space! Countries are constatly adding to it making it bigger and better, however the first peices of the international space station were sent into space in May 1999.
