Space

Space Exploration

By sarahbailey23
  • Galileo improved the telescope

    Galileo improved the telescope

  • Sputnik 1 was launched

    Sputnik 1 was launched

    At approximately 7:28 pm!
  • Sputnik 2 was launched

    Sputnik 2 was launched

  • Sputnik 1 crashes to Earth

    Sputnik 1 crashes to Earth

  • Explorer 1 lifts off and discovers Earths radiation belt.

    Explorer 1 lifts off and discovers Earths radiation belt.

  • Explorer 2 is launched and fails to reach orbit

    Explorer 2 is launched and fails to reach orbit

  • Vanguard 1 is launched into orbit and continues for 3 years.

    Vanguard 1 is launched into orbit and continues for 3 years.

  • Sputnik 2 stopped its orbit

    Sputnik 2 stopped its orbit

  • Sputnik 3 is launched

    Sputnik 3 is launched

  • NASA was founded

    NASA was founded

  • Vostok 1 is launched by the U.S.S.R, it carried the first man in space (Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin). He orbits the earth once.

    Vostok 1 is launched by the U.S.S.R, it carried the first man in space (Cosmonaut Yuri A. Gargarin). He orbits the earth once.

  • Vostok 2 is launched and was the first day-long Soviet space flight.

    Vostok 2 is launched and was the first day-long Soviet space flight.

  • Mercury Friendship 7 takes off with John H. Glenn Jr. who was the first American in orbited. It orbited Earth 3 times.

    Mercury Friendship 7 takes off with John H. Glenn Jr. who was the first American in orbited. It orbited Earth 3 times.

  • Mercury Aurora 7 is launched and makes 3 orbits

    Mercury Aurora 7 is launched and makes 3 orbits

  • US Mariner 2 was the first successful planetary spacecraft. It flew past Venus and entered a solar orbit.

    US Mariner 2 was the first successful planetary spacecraft. It flew past Venus and entered a solar orbit.

  • Vostok 6 orbited the Earth 48 times with the first woman in space (Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshcova)

    Vostok 6 orbited the Earth 48 times with the first woman in space (Cosmonaut Valentia Tereshcova)

  • US Ranger 7 gets the first close-range photographs of the moon

    US Ranger 7 gets the first close-range photographs of the moon

  • Gemini 7 is launched, making 206 orbits around Earth and proving a trip to the moon is possible

    Gemini 7 is launched, making 206 orbits around Earth and proving a trip to the moon is possible

  • Soviet Zond 5 is launched and was the first spscecraft to orbit the moon and return.

    Soviet Zond 5 is launched and was the first spscecraft to orbit the moon and return.

  • Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

    Apollo 11 landed on the Moon.

  • Hubble Telescope was launched

    Hubble Telescope was launched

  • Space X was founded

    Space X was founded

  • Space X was awarded a commercial orbital transportation services contract

  • Space X became the first company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft (COTS Demo Flight 1)

    Space X became the first company to successfully launch, orbit, and recover a spacecraft (COTS Demo Flight 1)

  • Mars Land Rover landed

    Mars Land Rover landed

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