space explaration timeline

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  • Publication of Principia

    The English astronomer Sir Isaac Newton publishes the Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica.

  • First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics

    The British mathematician William Moore publishes Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. This work features the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion.

  • First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched

    First Liquid Fueled Rocket Launched
    U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket from his Aunt Effie's farm in Auburn, Massachusetts.

  • First U.S. High Altitude Flight

    First U.S. High Altitude Flight
    The U.S. military achieves its first high-altitude space flight using a rebuilt German V-2 rocket.

  • First Live Animal in Space

    The spacecraft contained a pressurized container that housed a dog named Laika.

  • First Weather Satellite

    Tiros 1, the first successful weather satellite, is launched by the United States. Two television cameras in the satellite returned views of clouds above the Earth.

  • First Man in Space

    Russian Cosmonaut Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human to venture into space.

  • First American in Space

    On May 5, 1961, Astronaut Alan Shepard became the first American to be launched into space.

  • First man on Moon

    First man on Moon
    Apollo 11 makes the first successful soft landing on the Moon. Neil Armstrong and Edwin Aldrin, Jr. become the first human beings to set foot on another world.

  • First Landing on Venus

    The Soviet Venera 7 is the first probe to soft-land on Venus, transmitting for 23 minutes.

  • First Space Station

    First Space Station
    The Salyut 1 space station is launched by the Soviet Union and become the first space station in orbit.

  • First Space Shuttle lLaunch

    The first manned mission of the Space Transportation System, Columbia, is launched.

  • Galileo Arrives at Jupiter

    Galileo Arrives at Jupiter
    The Galileo spacecraft arrives at Jupiter and a probe is dropped into the planet's atmosphere.

  • New Space Walk Record

    The total time spent in space is 8 hours 56 minutes.

  • Final Flight of the Space Shuttle Program

    The space shuttle Atlantis becomes the last American space shuttle to be launched into space.

  • Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars

    Curiosity Rover Lands on Mars
    NASA's Curiosity rover successfully lands on Mars. It is the largest and most advanced rover ever to land on the red planet.