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Liquid fuel
Robert Goddard gets a US patent for his liquid fuel. The luquid fuel he made was a key step into making rockets. It is still used in today's rockets -
First Luquid rocket
Robart Goodard luanched the first luquid rocket. This shows that rockets with liquid fuel work and work better than solid fuel. -
V-2
Nazi Germany's V-2 missile becomes the first manmade object to pass the Karman line. This is a big break as nothing had ever passed the Karman line this proved that we could go to space. -
First animals in space
The US sent the first animals in space to see what their reaction would be. This helped them prepare to lunch humans into space and how to keep them alive. -
Sputnik
The U.S.S.R launched the first satellite Sputnik into space. Sputnik 1 started the space race which got people on the moon. -
First person in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. This proved that we could go to space and survive. This was a big step in the space race -
First space craft on the moon
The Russian spacecraft Luna 9 was the first spacecraft to land on the moon. This showed that we could get a object to the moon. This proved that a rocket could land their. -
First person on the moon
Neil Armstrong and "Buzz" Aldrin became the first people to land on the moon. This showed that we could go to other celestial bodies. -
First space station
The Russians launch the space station Salyut 1. This proved that humans could live in outer space a big step into going to Mars. -
Voyager 1 and 2 where launched
Voyager 2 was luanched first on August 20 and Voyager 1 was luanched on September 5 1977. the voyager probes are showing us what our solar system is like. -
Hubble
Hubble is luanched and becomes the first space telescope. Hubble than helps us understand space a lot better. Hubble is still helping us learn. -
First Mars rover
The US luanched rover pathfinder lands on Mars and this also the first operational rover on another plant. Pathfinders proved that we can land rovers on plants and this well help get us to Mars. -
Zarya
The Russians launch the first part of the international space station Zarya. The international space station is helping us understand what living in space would be like. -
Kepler Missions
NASA sends the first space telescope to look for other Earth like planetoids. This will help us look for other plants we could live on and maybe even find a alien race. -
Voyager 1
Voyager 1 becomes the first manmade probe to reach insteller space. Voyager 1 proves that we can get out of our solar system.
