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Space Exploration

By lf20318

  • First Telescope

    A refractor telescope made by Galileo.

  • First telescope observation of the night sky

    It was done by Galileo

  • First clear telescope picture of another world

    Taken by the American Hubble Space Craft

  • First liquid fueled rocket

    First liquid fueled rocket
    American Robber H. Goddard successfully launched this rocket in Massachusetts.

  • First research launch

    First research launch
    Launched from the U.S. V-2 missions.

  • The first animal to go to space

    The first animal to go to space
    A Russian dog named Laika

  • First space launch

    Launched on Cape Canaveral. 11 month journey to explore Mars.

  • First object successfully recovered from orbit

    It was American Discoverer 13.

  • First man in Space

    First man in Space
    His name was Yuri Gagarin and he was born in Russia.

  • First Woman in Space

    First Woman in Space
    Her name was Valentina Tereshkova and she was born in Russia.

  • First American women in space

    American Sally Ride was the first American women in space.

  • Voyager 2 becomes the first to observe Neptune

    Voyager 2 becomes the first to observe Neptune
    Once it arrived it started sending back pictures of the planet and its moons. It is from the U.S.

  • First Sapce telescope

    First Sapce telescope
    USA, Hubble Space craft was launched.

  • Magellan arrives at Venus

    U.S. Magellan space craft landed on Venus August 10th 1990 and started making out Venus's clouds.

  • Phoenix Mars Lander

    American space craft first to explore the arctic region of Mars at ground level.