Space Exploration

Laws of motion

Jan 1, 1664

Isaac Newton described three basic laws of motion

Reflective telescope

Jan 18, 1668

Isaac Newton built the first reflective telescope

Dutch telescope

Jan 1, 1908

First Dutch telescope made

Cold war

Jan 1, 1945

Cold War lasted from the end of world war ll.

Sputnik

Oct 4, 1957

USSR launched Sputnik

Sputnik 2

Nov 3, 1957

Soviets launched Sputnik 2

Explorer 1

Jan 31, 1958

Explorer 1 was launched

Vanguard 1

Mar 17, 1958

Vanguard 1 was launched

First human in space

Apr 12, 1961

A soviet cosmonaut became the first human in space and in orbit.

First American in orbit

Feb 1, 1962

The first American in orbit was John Glenn

Skylab

May 1, 1973

Skylab was launched

Hubble telescope

Jan 1, 1990

The Hubble space telescope was the best telescope it was put into orbit in 1990 by space shuttle

Space shuttle challenger

Jan 16, 2003

A space shuttle challenger disintegrated a small piece of insulating foam broke off the fuel tank.

Rovers

Mar 1, 2004

Two rovers spirit and opportunity landed on Mars

Sent back data

Jan 1, 2010

Spirit sent back data until it was stuck