Firsts of Space

By gw19251

  • The first telescope

    Made by Galileo

  • The first heliometer

    Measures the diameter of the sun and the distance between stars
    Made by John Dollond

  • The first daguerreotype(picture)image of the moon

    Taken by John Draper

  • The first powered flight

    Launched by Orville Wright

  • The first jet engine

    Made by Frank J Whittle

  • First pictures of the far side of the moon taken

    Taken by Luna III

  • First American to orbit the earth

    Made by John Glenn

  • The first women in space

    She was Velentina Tereshklova

  • The first space walk

    Made by Alexei Leonov

  • First man on the moon

    He was Neil Armstrong followed by Buzz Aldrin

  • First craft to successfully land on Mars

    This was Viking I

  • First reusable spacecraft

    Created by USA (NASA)

  • First american astronauts that died

    Happened because of NASA

  • First photograph of the whole solar system

    Taken by USA (NASA)

  • First polar orbit around the Sun

    Made by USA (NASA) and ESA

  • First manmade probe to land on a comet

    Made by ESA