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Sputnik 1
The Russians launched the first artificial satellite into space in 1957, called sputnik 1 -
First man into space
Three and a half years later the Russians also put the first man into space, Lt. Yuri Gagarin. He also orbited the earth for the first time. -
man on the moon
In the late sixties the united states put a man on the moon. the astronauts name was Neil Armstrong, his famous phrase " one small step for man one giant leap for man kind" http://www.aerospace.org/education/stem-outreach/space-primer/a-brief-history-of-space-exploration/ -
first lander on mars
In 1971 the Soviet space program scored a major success by putting the first spacecraft into Martian orbit and even touching a lander vehicle down on its surface. The orbiter returned some eight months of data that revealed much about the planet's topography, atmosphere, weather, and geology. although it was destroyed after 20 seconds of touch down on mars -
Voyager 1
The voyager spacecraft extended our reach in space tremendously. It is as of now over 9 billion miles away from earth and and has studied Jupiter, Uranus, Saturn, and Neptune, explored their moons, examined their rings, and revealed much about interplanetary elements. Plus it also my reach outside of our solar system and become the first human-made object to reach interstellar space. -
Hubble telescope
The Hubble telescope has given scientists an immense amount of data about the galaxy. Its helped pinpoint he age of the universe, discover ancient galaxies, dark energy, and can measure the atmosphere of a planet. -
international space station
It was the first human outpost in space. It is operated by 16 different nations. it has constantly held life and rotated earth since 2000. -
Mars Rovers
There were two rovers that were sent to mars. Spirit and opportunity , these two rovers reached opposite sides of Mars and have proceeded to explore the planet far more extensively than previous missions.The rovers continue to operate. http://science.nationalgeographic.com/science/space/space-exploration/ -
The dragon
Dragon is a free-flying spacecraft designed to deliver both cargo and people to orbiting destinations.It became the first commercial spacecraft in history to deliver cargo to the International Space Station and safely return cargo to Earth. -
Reusable rockets
The falcon 9 is a reusable rocket test system that has had some success in reusing rockets.
