Early Space Exploration

By Krysta.lang

  • First sighting of moon through telescope.

    By Galileo Galilei, he observed the moon and saw the craters.

  • Robert H. Goddard launches first fueled rocket.

    Robert is from Worchester, MA
  • First liquid fueled rocket developed.

    First liquid fueled rocket developed.

    For the German Military.
  • Soviet Union launches first rocket of their own

    Soviet Union launches first rocket of their own

  • First artificial satellite.Sputnik 1

    First artificial satellite.Sputnik 1

    Launched into space by the USSR, that brings back signals to Earth.

  • First Satellite in Space.

    Explorer 1 was the first satellite launched into orbit by the U.S out of Cape Canaveral, Florida.

  • United States launched Pioneer 3

    The Pioneer 3 is the he first U.S. satellite to ascend to an altitude of 63,580 miles.
  • First man in Space.

    First man in Space.

    Yuri Gagarin, a Russian cosmonaut was the first man in space.
  • First man on the moon.

    First man on the moon.

    Apollo 11 was the mission to have the first man on the moon. Edwin Eugene "Buzz" Aldrin, Neil Armstrong, and Michael Collins were on this mission.
  • First Space Station.

    First Space Station.

    The U.S launched its first space station called the Skylab.
  • First space Shuttle.

    First space Shuttle.

    First space shuttle, The Columbia was the first space shuttle to be launched, but was destroyed entering into Earths atmosphere.
  • Hubble was launched

    Hubble was launched

    Hubble space telescope was launched into space, which we use to study what is out in space.
  • International Space Station launched.

    International Space Station launched.

    The international Space Station is an American funded- Russian built space station between 16 countries.

  • Kepler was launched.

    NASA Spacecraft Kepler, was launched to search for other planets outside our solar system.

  • Curiosity rover lands on Mars.

    Launched November 26, 2011, the space rover landed on Mars with new instruments to gather images and samples to help study Mars.