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First space research flight (cosmic radiation experiments)
So, americain scientists really started to do important research in space and to wonder about space mystery. -
First animal in orbit, the dog Laïka
The USSR sent the dog "Laika" in space, it is the first living being to fly in orbit around the Earth. -
First sample return from the moon and human on the moon
"This is one small step for a man, one giant leap for mankind"
Neil Armstrong was the first human being to go to the moon and he also took back a sample of the moon. -
First photograph of Earth from orbit
The USA is the first Nation that took a picture of the Earth which is a gigantic progress at this time. -
First solar probe
First probe that has been send near the sun. It aims at collecting informations for a month, for the scientists. -
First human spaceflight
Yuri Gargarin is the first human being to go to space that is a big step for Russia which is in competition with the USA. -
First human-piloted space flight (Alan Shepard)
On may 5, 1961, Alan Shepard became the first human-piloted space flight. -
First crewed spacecraft
That really means something in the space exploration because there were a lot of failures before it succeed, and a lot of people died because of that. -
First mission to enter asteroid belt and leave inner solar systeme
Fifty years ago, on July 15, 1972, Pionner 10 became the first spacecraft to reach the asteroid belt. -
First Uranus flyby
Voyager 2 was the first human-made object to fly past the planet Uranus. -
First spacewalk by woman, Svetlana Savitskaya
Svetlana Savitskaya was the first woman to go to space, that is a lot of progress, not only for space exploration but also for feminism. -
First photograph of the whole Solar System
Forty years after the first picture of the Earth, the USA and the ESA took a picture of the whole solar system, it really shows the progress. -
First operational rover on another planet
Hitching a ride on the Mars Pathfinder mission, the Sojourner rover arrived on the Red Planet on July, 4, 1997. The mission served as the foundation for the Mars rovers of today.