1600-1957

By nh20722

  • Galileo creates his first telescope

  • Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students

  • First German liquid fueled milatary rockets developed

  • Soviet Union launches first rocket of their own

  • First research flight by the US

  • First animals launched into space by US (fruit flies)

  • Robert H. Goddard creates first liquid rockets

    Robert H. Goddard creates first liquid rockets

  • First artificial satellite sends signals back to earth launched by USSR

    First artificial satellite sends signals back to earth launched by USSR

  • First animal in orbit by USSR, (dog), didn't survive

    First animal in orbit by USSR, (dog), didn't survive

  • First ballstic missile by USSR