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Space Exploration Timeline
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First Liquid-Fueled Rocket.
Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket. -
First Man-Made Object to Leave the Atmosphere
First successful flight of German A-4 (V-2) rocket; -
First Supersonic Flight
First supersonic flight by Air Force Captain Charles "Chuck" Yeager -
Lauched the First Satellite
The Soviet Union launched the first satellite, Sputnik, into space. -
First Animal in Orbit
The Soviet spacecraft Sputnik 2 was launched with a dog named Laika on board to see if it would survive (Laika did not survive the voyage). -
First Living Thing to Survive a Trip into Space
The Soviet craft Sputnik 5 was launched, carrying the dogs Strelka and Belka. They survived. -
First Human in Space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space. -
First Woman in Space
Valentina Nikolayeva Tereshkova became the first woman in space. -
First Men on Moon
Neil Armstrong became the first men on the moon, "Buzz" Aldrin is the second, and Michal Collins was the third. -
Driving the Moon Rover on the Moon
The moon rover was driven on the moon for the first time. -
First Space Shuttle Launched
Columbia became the first Space Shuttle to be launched. -
First Man to Take an Untethered Space Walk
Astronaut Bruce McCandless became the first man to take an untethered space walk. -
Explosion of Space Shuttle Columbia
The Space Shuttle Columbia exploded on re-entry into the Earth’s atmosphere. -
First Successful Manned Glide Flight
Virgin Galactic, a private company, announced the successful first manned glide flight of the VSS Enterprise. This vehicle is a suborbital plane designed to take private citizens on suborbital space flights. -
Launched Spacecraft into Orbit and returned it to Earth Safely
A private company named SpaceX launched a spacecraft into orbit and returned it to earth safely. It was the first non-government organization to accomplish this.
