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seeing the moon thought a telescope
1610- The first spotting of the moon through a telescope by Galileo Galilei -
rockets
1931-First German military liquid fueled rockets developed -
fist animal in space
1947-First animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S. -
ballistic missle
1957-First ballistic missle produced by the USSR -
first dog in orbit
1957-First animal launched into orbit, dog named Laika launched by USSR and did not return alive -
ussr first rocket
*1959-First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR -
First U.S. Space Tragedy
During a routine test of the Apollo 1 spacecraft on the launch pad, a spark caused a fire to start in cockpit were the crew of the command module. Gus Grissom, Ed White, and Roger Chaffee, were killed in this. It was later determined that faulty wiring caused the spark, and the pure oxygen environment in the capsule was to blame for the rapid spreading of the -
Apollo 13 Launch
Apollo 13 is launched, suffering an explosion in its SM oxygen tanks. Its Moon landing is aborted, and the entire world watches as James A. Lovell, Jr., John L. Swigert, Jr. and Fred W. Haise, Jr., struggle for days to survive. They return safely to Earth after several harrowing days in space. -
space station
as they were orbiting the station on the the third and final mission in November 1973 they took this photo. -
voyeger 1 at saturn
November 12, 1980 The Voyager 1 spacecraft arrives at Saturn and begins sending back extraordinary images of the ringed planet and its many moons. -
Columbia went to space.
in 1981. Columbia carried dozens of astronauts into space during the next two decades, reaching several achievements. Columbia also underwent upgrades as technology advanced. -
women in space
Sally K. Ride becomes amaricas first women in space. -
challenger
afuew seconds after lift off the shutle exploded. when they were trying to send the first teacher into space. -
