15 firsts

Galileo's telescope

Jan 1, 1609

The first telescope to see the moon and jupiters 4 largest moons

V-2

Oct 3, 1942

First space shuttle launch
Soviet Union

V-2

Oct 3, 1942

First suborbital flight
Soviet

Sputnik l

Oct 4, 1957

First satellite
Soviet Union

NASA

Oct 1, 1958

NASA was born

First American in space

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard
15 minute Suborbital flight
USA

Orbiting Astronomical Observatory 2

Dec 7, 1968

Atlas-Centaur rocket
First telescope in space
USA

Apollo 11

Jul 20, 1969

First people on the moon
Neil Armstrong
And buzz aldrin

Moon rover

Jul 30, 1971

First moon rover
USA

Pioneer 10

Jun 8, 1972

First space probe to cross the asteroid belt
USA

Columbia

Apr 12, 1981

First reusable space shuttle
John young and Robert crippen
USA

Sally Ride

Jul 7, 1983

First American woman in space

Mars Rover- Sojourner rover

Jul 6, 1997

First rover on Mars

Mission ISS

Nov 1, 2000

First international space station
NASA
USA

Rosetta spacecraft and Philae lander

Nov 12, 2015

First lander on a comet
European space agency