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space exploration

By Shivanichandavarkar

  • WAC Corporal

    WAC Corporal
    1946 It was the first (US designed) rocket that reached the edge of space

  • V-2

    V-2
    The first pictures of the Earth were taken from an altitude of 105 km.

  • R-1 Latika

    First time dogs were sent to space.

  • R-7

    First intercontinental Ballistic Missile (ICBM) developed. USSR

  • sputnik 1 and 2

    First artificial satellite. USSR First animal (dog named Laika) sent to the orbit. USSR

  • Explorer 6

    First photograph of Earth taken from the orbit (by NASA). USA

  • Vostok I

    Vostok I
    First manned flight carrying Yuri Gagarin

  • OSO-1

    OSO-1
    First orbital solar observatory (by NASA).

  • Vostok 6

    First woman in space (Valentina Tereshkova).

  • Luna 10

    First artificial satellite around the Moon.

  • Apollo 8

    First piloted orbital mission of Moon (by NASA).

  • Apollo 11

    First human on the Moon and first space launch from a celestial body (by NASA) - Commander Neil Armstrong and Pilot Buzz Aldrin.

  • Luna 16

    First automatic sample return from the Moon

  • Salyut 1

    First space station.

  • Pioneer 10

    First human made object that had been sent on escape trajectory away from the Sun (by NASA).

  • Mariner 10

    First photograph of Venus from Space (by NA 1974 First photograph of Venus from Space (by NAS

  • Venera 13

    First Venus soil samples and sound recording of another world.
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  • STS-41-B

    First untethered spacewalk, Bruce McCandless II (by NASA). USA

  • Voyager 1

    First photograph of the whole Solar System (by NASA). USA

  • Mir

    First Record longest duration spaceflight (i.e. 437.7 days) set by Valeri Polyakov.
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    HALCA

    First orbital radio observatory. Japan
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    NEAR Shoemaker

    First orbiting of an asteroid (433 Eros) – by NASA.
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    NEAR Shoemaker

    First landing on an asteroid (433 Eros) – by NASA. USA
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    Genesis

    First sample return beyond lunar orbit (solar wind)- by NASA. USA

  • Cassini Huygens

    First soft landing on Titan (Moon of Saturn).

  • Hayabusa

    First interplanetary escape without undercarriage cutoff. Japan

  • Stardust

    First sample return from comet (81P/Wild) – by NASA. USA

  • Kepler Mission

    First space telescope designated to search for Earth-like exoplanets – by NASA. USA

  • MESSENGER

    First orbit of Mercury – by NASA. USA

  • Voyager 1

    First manmade probe in interstellar space – by NASA. USA
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    Rosetta

    First man-made probe to make a planned and soft landing on a comet. European Space Agency