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First to cross Karman Line
A V-2 Rocket launched by Nazi Germany during World War II is the first man-made object to go beyond 100 km – the Kármán line – and reach space! -
First pictures from space
A captured V-2 rocket in US is launched to 105 km (65 miles) and records the first pictures from space. -
First animals in Space
The first animal (fruit flies) reaches space aboard an American V-2. -
First dogs in space
A Soviet R-1 rocket launches the first dogs (Dezik & Tsygan) into space! -
First satellite in space
The Soviet Union launches the first satellite into orbit called Sputnik-1 which transmits for 22 days! The Space Race begins! -
First dog into orbit
A Soviet rocket launches the first dog (Laika) into orbit! -
America's launched their first satellite into orbit
America launched its first satellite called Explorer-1 into orbit. -
Luna-2 touched another world
The USSR launches Luna-2 and is the first probe to touch another world when it impacts with the Moon. -
Luna-3 Pictures the far moon
The USSR launches Luna-3 the first probe to image the far side of the Moon. -
Chimpanzee launched to space
The US launches the first Chimpanzee into space who performs tasks and survives. -
First human in space
The USSR launches the first human into space - Yuri Gagarin. -
The first man in orbit
The US launches their first man into orbit – John Glenn. -
The successful flyby
The first successful planetary flyby (Venus) – by Mariner 2. -
First woman in space
The USSR puts the first woman (Valentina Tereshkova) into Space! -
First person to do spacewalk
Cosmonaut Alexei Leonov performs the first spacewalk (extra-vehicular activity). -
The first Flyby of mars
The first flyby of Mars and the first close-up photographs from another planet - Mars. -
first soft landing
First soft landing on another world (the Moon) and the first images from the surface of soviet's Luna 9. -
First Human walk on moon
Astronaut Neil Armstrong became the first human to walk on the Moon. -
ISRO created
ISRO officially created, although India had launched a sounding rocket three years earlire -
First Lunar Rover
The USSR lands Lunokhod 1- the first lunar rover. -
First soft landing on another planet
USSR conducts the first soft landing on another planet with Venera 7 on Venus. -
Start of the launch of Space Stations
The Soviet Union began launching space stations. Salyut 1, was the world’s first space station. -
First Indian Satellite
India launches the first Indian satellite, Aryabhata -
VOyager 1 & 2 launched By America
August 20th 1977 – Voyager 2 launches on its epic journey through the outer planets.
September 5th 1977 – Voyager 1 launches bound for Jupiter, Saturn and Titan! -
Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia
Launch of the Space Shuttle Columbia – the first reusable (orbital) spacecraft! -
First communication satellite launch by India
APPLE, ISRO's 1st communication Satellite launched using Ariane space roscket -
First Space Station to be consistently inhabited
Mir Space Station becomes the first consistently inhabited space station. -
Hubble space telescope launched
The famous Hubble Space Telescope is launched into space aboard Shuttle Discovery. -
Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) begins.
Construction of the International Space Station (ISS) begins. -
India launches Chandrayaan-1
India launches Chandrayaan-1 -
MOM enters Martian orbit
Mars Orbiter Mission (MOM), the maiden interplanetary mission of ISRO, launched on November 5, 2013 by PSLV-C25 got inserted into Martian orbit on September 24, 2014 in its first attempt. -
First soft landing on a comet
The Rosetta spacecraft performs a soft landing on a comet. -
First food grown in space
Lettuce became the first food to be grown and eaten in space.
