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Space Exploration

By Ms20751

  • Refracting Telescope

    Refracting Telescope
    The first telescope built by Galileo, using lenses to make far away objects look closer and bigger.

  • Reflecting Telescope

    Reflecting Telescope
    Telescope discovered by Sir Isaac Newton that lets in more light so we are able to see even more objects farther away.

  • Dr. Goddards Rocket

    Dr. Goddards Rocket
    First American rocket made by Robert H. Goddard using liquid fuel.

  • V2 Rocket

    V2 Rocket
    First human made object to travel high enough to be considered space. Made by a German named Wernner Von Braun.

  • Wac Corporal

    Wac Corporal
    First American designed rocket to reach space.

  • Sputnik 1

    Sputnik 1
    First artificial satellite ever put unit orbit. Made by USSR.

  • Sputnik 2

    Sputnik 2
    First satellite to be put into orbit with a living creature (dog) by the Soviets.

  • NASA

    NASA
    National Aeronautics and Space Administration was established (NASA).

  • Vostok 1

    Vostok 1
    Yuri Alekseyevich Gagarin became the first human in space.

  • Apollo 11

    Apollo 11
    Neil Armstrong became the first man to walk on the moon.

  • Columbia Space Shuttle

    Columbia Space Shuttle
    First space shuttle to be launched.

  • Manned Maneuvering Unit

    Manned Maneuvering Unit
    Bruce McCandless became the first man to take an untied space walk.

  • Hubble Space Telescope

    Hubble Space Telescope
    Edwin Powell Hubble built the first major optical telescope to be placed in space.

  • Mars Rover

    Mars Rover
    NASA placed an object on Mars to get closer looks at the planet.

  • International Space Station

    International Space Station
    Europe, USA, Japan, Canada, and Russia all worked together to make the space station that allows astronauts to live inside of it and do research not possible on Earth.