Events of Space Exploration

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    1609-1957

  • Galileo Discovers moons

    1610- The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei

  • Uranus Discovered

    Uranus Discovered
    William Herschel discovered the planet Uranus

  • Ceres Discovered

    Ceres Discovered
    Guiseppe Piazzi discoveres Ceres

  • Galle Discovers Neptune

    Galle Observes and discovers Neptune

  • Sputnuk 1

    Sputnuk 1
    Soviet Union launches Sputnik 1.- October 4th
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    1958-1980

  • First Successful American Satellite

  • Luna 2

    Luna 2
    first spacecraft to reach the surface of the Moon

  • First in Space

    Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space.

  • First Woman in space

    Valentina Tereshkova first woman in space

  • First Landing on moon

    First Landing on moon
    Apollo 11 lands on moon.
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    1981-Present Day

  • First Space Shuttle Launch

    First Space Shuttle Launch

  • First Untethered Spacewalk

    First Untethered Spacewalk
    Astronaut Bruce McCandless made the first untethered spacewalk

  • Challenger Explosion

    Challenger Explosion

  • Hubble Telescope

    Hubble Telescope
    Hubble Space Telescope Deployed
     

  • Pathfinder Probe

    Pathfinder Probe
    Pathfinder Probe Lands on Mars