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The first spotting of the moon through a telescope
Galileo was an important person in the is event. He was the first to see the moon through his telescope. -
Rocket mechanics first exposition
A key person was William Moore. The British mathematician published a treatises that features the first explosion on rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motio. -
The first liquid fueled rocket
A key person was Robert H. Goddard. He was the first person to launch rockets with liquid fuel. -
American rocket
America launched its first American designed rocket into space -
Sputnik
The USA launched the first artificial satellite. It was also the first artificial satellite made and its name is Sputnik. -
NASA
NASA was born. The National Aeronautics utics and Space Administration. -
American astronaut
The most important person was Alan Shepard Jr. He was the first American astronaut launched into space, for a suborbital flight. -
The first women in space
Valentina Tereshkova was the first women to go into outer space. She orbited the earth 48 times. -
The first man on the moon
Neil Armstrong was the important person in this mission. He was the first man to walk on the moon. -
Skylab
Skylab was the US's first orbiting laboratory that was launched into space. -
First space shuttle
Shuttle Columbia was the first spaceship that had wings to orbit the earth. -
Hubble
Hubble was the first space telescope launched into space and earths orbit. -
Dawn
Dawn was the first space prob launched. It was sent on a 8 year mission and had to visit 2 celestial bodies. -
Phoenix
Phoenix Mars lander landed on Mars, took picture, and sent them back to earth. We noticed that there was ice there. -
Kepler
Kepler was a spacecraft that was launched to look for other planets that were outside our solar system, In the farther area of the Milky Way.
