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Galileo First Gaze Into Telescope
First observation of the night sky. Galileo discovers Jupiters moons and lunar craters on the moon -
First Photograph Of The Moon Through a Telescope
On 1840, John William Draper took the first recorded picture of the "New World" or otherwise know as the moon -
First Rocket Launched
Robert H Goddard laucnches the first liquid fueled rocket into space. -
First Pictures of Earth from Space
The space probe, Voyager Two captured the first pictures of earth from space. -
First Animals in Space
Fruit flies were the first animals in space and they won't be the last -
First ICBM Launched
The first Inter-Continential Ballisic Missle was launched by Russia -
First Artificial Satelite
Russia launched Sputnik 1, the first artificial satellite. -
First Photo of Earth from Orbit
Explorer 6, made by NASA, took the first pictures of earth from orbit. -
First Pictures from the Far Side of the Moon
The USSR's Luna 3, captured pictures of the other side of the moon. -
First Plants and Animals back from Space
The first plants and animals saftley made it saftey back from space in Sputnik 5. -
First Homididae in Space
The U.S. launch the chimpanzee Ham, into space and ran various tests on him. -
First Human in Space
Yuri Gagarin, from the USSR, was the first human in space -
First Human Piloted Space Craft
The USA built the human piloted space crafted manned by Alan Shepard -
First Woman in Space
The USSR had the first woman flown into space and returned to earth -
First Reusable Spacecraft
The first reusable and relaunchable spacecraft wa made by the USA -
First Space Walk
The USSR, had the first man, Alexei Leonov, conducted the first 12 minute space walk. -
First Mars Flyby
The USA's Mariner 4 was the first to flyby Mars and capture the first pictures of Mars up close. -
First Ultraviolet Observatory
The USA launched OAO-2, the first ultraviolet observatory. -
First Trans-Earth Ejection
On the same mission to orbit the moon, the USA was the first to do a Trans-Earth Ejection -
First Human on the Moon
Neil Armstrong and his team become the first human on the moon. -
First Soil Samples from Venus
The USSR received and recovered the first soil samples from Venus. -
First Spacecraft Beyond Neptuine
The USA's Pioneer 10 was the first spacecraft beyond Neptune -
First Photo of Whole Solar System
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First Astroid Fly By
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First Orbit of Jupiter
NASA completed the first orbit around Jupiter -
First Man Made Probe in Interstellar Space
Voyager 1 successfully made it into interstellar space. -
First Probe to Land Comet
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First Orbit of a Dwarf Planet
The USA were the first to orbit Pluto. -
First Flyby of Dwarf Planet
The spacecraft New Horizions, takes information and photos from Ceres
