Space Exploration Timeline

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  • Galileo Observes the night sky through a telescope and discovers Jupiters Moons and The Phases of Venus

  • Galileo first observes the night sky through a telescope and discover jupiters moons and the phases of Venus.

  • First clear telescopic photograph of another world, The Moon. This was done by John William Draper.

    First clear telescopic photograph of another world, The Moon. This was done by John William Draper.

  • Robert H. Goddard fires the first liquid fueled rocket.

    Robert H. Goddard fires the first liquid fueled rocket.

  • First U.S. designed rocket reaches edge of space.

  • First animals in space (fruit flies)

    First animals in space (fruit flies)

  • First Photograph of Earth from Orbit

    First Photograph of Earth from Orbit

  • First Plants and Animals to return to Earth alive from Earths Orbit.

  • First human spaceflight(Yuri Gagarin)

    First human spaceflight(Yuri Gagarin)

  • First Woman in Space (Valentina Tereshkova)

  • First Human on the Moon and First Samples of the Moon.

    First Human on the Moon and First Samples of the Moon.

  • First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune (first spacecraft to pass beyond all Solar System planets)

  • First Photo of the Whole Solar System

    First Photo of the Whole Solar System

  • First multinational space station, Largest man-made object built in space to date

    First multinational space station, Largest man-made object built in space to date

  • Lettuce was the first food eaten that was grown in space.

  • Astronaut Scott Kelly and Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after their 340-day space mission, longest recorded time in space for ISS crew members.

    Astronaut Scott Kelly and Cosmonaut Mikhail Kornienko return to Earth after their 340-day space mission, longest recorded time in space for ISS crew members.