Space exploration

First moon sighting

Dec 18, 1610

Galileo Galilie is the first person to spot the moon through a telescope.

First liquid fueled rocket

Mar 16, 1926

Robert Goddard launches first liquid fueled rocket.

Germany

May 5, 1931

First German liquid fueled military rocket.

soviet union

Aug 18, 1933

First Soviet Union launched rocket

Artificial satellite

Oct 4, 1957

First artificial satellite launched into orbit by the USSR. It was Sputnik 1

Expolrer1

Jan 31, 1958

First satellite launched by us.

Earth

Aug 14, 1959

First picture of earth taken by the US/NASA.

Yurgi Gagarin

Apr 12, 1961

First human ever to get launched into space.

Space

May 5, 1961

Alan Shepard becomes first American to go into space.

Luna 9

Feb 3, 1962

First space craft to land on moon from Russia.

Valentina nikolayeva

Jun 15, 1962

First women to get launched into space.

Moon

Jul 20, 1969

Neil Armstrong and Buzz Aldrin become first people to walk on moon.

Space station

May 15, 1973

US launch first space station Skylab.

Space shuttle

Apr 12, 1981

Columbia becomes first space shuttle to get launched.

Challenger

Apr 4, 1983

The second space shuttle the challenger is launched.

Discovery

Aug 30, 1984

The third space shuttle discovery is launched.

Atlantis

Oct 3, 1985

The fourth space shuttle Atlantis is launched.

Mir

Feb 20, 1986

The space station Mir is launched.

Hubble telescope

Apr 24, 1990

The Hubble telescope is launched into orbit.

Endeavor

May 7, 1992

The fifth and last space shuttle Endeavor is Launched.

International space station

Nov 20, 1998

The International space station launched.