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First telescopic observation of the night sky
Galileo Galilei was the first to observe the night sky through a telescope in 1610 -
First expedition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion
William Moore made te first rocket equation based off of Newton's thrid law of motion. -
First clear telescopic photograph of another world: the Moon
John William Draper captured the first clear photograph of the Moon in 1840 -
Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket
Robert H. Goddard launched the first liquid fueled rocket on March 16th, 1926 -
First animal in space
Laika the dog was the first animal in space. She did not survive. This took place on November 3rd, 1957 -
Confirmed the existance of the Van Allen belts
Explorer one confrimed the existance of the Van Allen belts on January 31st, 1958 -
First firing of a rocket in Eart's orbit
NASA launched the first rocket into Earth's orbit on January 2nd, 1959. -
First artificial satellite to reach moon vicinity and first artificial staellite in heliocentric orbit
Luna one was the first artificial satellite to reach the moon vicinity and the first artificial satellite in heliocentric orbit on January 4th, 1959 -
First photograph of Earth from orbit
Explorer six took te first photograph from soace if Earth on August 7th, 1959 -
First impact into another world: the Moon
Luna two was the first artificial objet to come in contact with the moon on September 13th, 1959 -
First reusable manned spacecraft
NASA held STS-1, the first reusable manned soacecraft on April 12th, 1981 -
First spacecraft to go beyond the orbit of Neptune
The Pioneer 10 spacecraft was the first soacecraft to go beyond Neptune'/ orbit and further out of the solar system on June 13th, 1986 -
First photograph of the whole solar system
On February 14th, 1990, Voyager one took the first picture of the entire solar ststem from space. -
First landing on an alien moon
On Januray 14th, 2005 the first landing on an alien moon was made. The Huygens probe landed on one of Saturn'/ moons named Titan. -
Lettuce was the frist food eaten that was grown in space
NASA in 2015 of August 10th, had accomplished growing lettuce in space and astronauts then eating it the lettuce.