1609-1957 By Dl22457 Period: 1609 to 1957 1609-1957 . 1610 The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei 1857 First ballistic missle produced by the USSR 1926 Robert H. Goddard launches first liquid fueled rockets 1929 Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with students 1931 First German military liquid fueled rockets developed 1933 Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own 1946 -First research flight launched by the U.S. 1947 First animals launched into space by the U.S 1947 First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive 1947 First ballistic missle produced by the USSR 1957 -First artificial satellite put into space that brings back signals to earth launched by the USSR Period: 1958 to 1980 BCE 1958-1980 1959 First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR 1959 First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA 1960 First plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit 1961 First human spaceflight and humanned orbital flight 1969 First human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11) successful! 1981 First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S. 1990 First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA 2010 First sample of an asteroid brought back to earth by Japan
