Esa space exploration

Important Dates In Space Exploration

By Gunnar_Lacher
  • Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

    Philadelphia committee led by Benjamin Franklin attempts to regulate waste disposal and water pollution.

  • Henry David Thoreau published Walden

    Henry David Thoreau published Walden

  • The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

    The term ecology is coined in German as Oekologie by Ernst Heinrich Philipp August Haeckel

  • The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

    The term acid rain is coined by Robert Angus Smith in the book Air and Rain

  • The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

    The term smog is coined by Henry Antoine Des Voeux in a London meeting to express concern over air pollution

  • US Congress created the National Park Service

    US Congress created the National Park Service

  • First artificial Earth satellite

    First artificial Earth satellite

    Sputnik was the first artificial Earth satellite
  • first animal launched into space

    first animal launched into space

    A dog named Laika was the first animal launched into space, aboard Sputnik 2
  • first spacecraft to hard-land on the moon

    first spacecraft to hard-land on the moon

    The Luna 2 was the first spacecraft to hard-land on the moon
  • first pictures of the far side of the Moon

    first pictures of the far side of the Moon

    The Luna 3 was the first spacecraft to take a picture of the far side of the moon
  • first applications satellite launched

    first applications satellite launched

    The TIROS 1 was the first applications satellite launched
  • first recovery of a payload from Earth orbit

    first recovery of a payload from Earth orbit

    The Discoverer 13 was the first recovery of a payload from Earth orbit
  • first human to orbit Earth

    first human to orbit Earth

    Yury Gagarin was the first human to orbit Earth
  • Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

    Rachel Carson published Silent Spring

  • first data returned from another planet

    first data returned from another planet

    The Mariner 2 was the first spacecraft to bring data back from another planet
  • first woman in space

    first woman in space

    Valentina Tereshkova was the first woman in space.
  • first space walk

    first space walk

    Aleksey Leonov was the first person to do a space walk
  • first death during a space mission

    first death during a space mission

    Vladimir Komarov was the first death during a space mission
  • The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

    The Apollo 8 picture of Earthrise

  • first human to walk on the Moon

    first human to walk on the Moon

    Neil Armstrong was the first human to walk on the Moon
  • First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

    First Earth Day – April 22. Millions of people gather in the United States for the first Earth Day. US Environmental Protection Agency established

  • Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

    Montreal Protocol on substances that deplete the ozone layer entered into force

  • The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

    The Kyoto Protocol was negotiated in Kyoto, Japan in December. Countries commit to reduce their emissions of carbon dioxide

  • U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

    U.S. rejects the Kyoto Protocol

  • U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

    U.S. announces it will cease participation in the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

  • U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation

    U.S. announces it will rejoin the Paris Agreement on climate change mitigation