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Gunpowder invented
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1232
Chinese invent Rockets
The First True Rocket is invented -
1500
Staged Rocket
First Multistage rocket invented by German Firework Maker, Johann Schmidlap. -
Rocketry Becomes A Science
Scientific foundations by Sir Issac Newton allowed for rocketry to become Scientific -
Idea of Space Exploration by Rocket Proposed
Russian teacher, Konstantin Tsiolkovsky proposed the idea of space exploration by rocket -
V-2 Rockets
The V-2 Rockets are successfully launched by Germany during the second world war -
Sputnik Launched
Sputnik launched by the Soviet Union -
Explorer 1 Launched
U.S. launched their first Satellite -
First Man In Space
Yuri Gagarin becomes the first man in space, he achieved 1 orbit of Earth -
First American to Orbit Earth
John Glenn is the first American to orbit earth, he completed 3 orbits of Earth -
Apollo 1 Tragedy
During a pre-flight test for Apollo 1 a malfunction occurred, starting a fire which killed the entire flight crew. -
First Man on the Moon
Neil Armstrong, and Edwin "Buzz" Aldrin landed on the moon while Michael Collins remained in lunar orbit. -
First Space Station Launched
Salyut 1 is launched by the Soviet Union -
First American Space Station Launched
The United States launches its first space station, Skylab -
Apollo-Soyuz Test Project
The American Apollo 18 and the Soviet Soyuz 19 dock with each other whilst in orbit. -
Voyager 1 and 2 Launched
The Voyager probes are launched and perform flyby missions of all of the gas giants -
First Space Shuttle Lauched
Columbia became the first Space Shuttle to be launched -
The Challenger Disaster
The Challenger Shuttle broke apart 73 seconds into it's flight, killing all seven crew members, namely Christa McAuliffe, a teacher from New Hampshire -
First probe in Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 becomes the first probe to enter interstellar space