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The First Telescopic View of the Night Sky
Galileo Gailei was the first to discover the moon's craters, Venus' phases and Jupiter. -
First presentation of the "rocket equation"
The first presentation made out to the public about the "rocket equation" was introduced by William Moore, based on Newton's third law. -
First Clear Photograph of the Moon Through a Telescope
The first clear photograph of the moon was taken by U.S astronomer John William Draper. -
The First Patent for Multi-stage and Liqued Fueled Rockets is Awarded
U.S astronomer Robert H. Goddard is awarded the first patent for liquid fueled and multi-stage rockets. -
Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel Founded
Members Konstantin Tsiolkovsky, Friedrich Zander, Yuri Kondratyuk all participated in the founding of the Society for Studies of Interplanetary Travel. -
The First Liquid Fueled Rocket is Launched
Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rocket in 1926. -
Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel) was founded
Verein für Raumschiffahrt (Society for Space Travel) was founded in 1927. The society included many famous european rocket scientists. -
The First German Military Liquid Fueled rocket engines
Walter Riedel, a German engineer, was the first to develop the German liquid fueled rocket engines for the military. -
GIRD launches their first liquid fueled rocket
Members Sergey Korolev and Friedrich Zander of GIRD, (Group for the Study of Reactive Motion), launch their soviet liquid fueled rocket on August 17, 1933. -
First Animals Put in Space, (Fruit Flys)
An American rocket, (V2), takes up the first animal to be in space, (Fruit Flys), on February 20th 1947. -
The First Space Mission Piloted by a Human
U.S astronaut Alan Shepard, was the first human being to operate a rocket in space. This rocket was Freedom7. -
First planet fly by
Russia was the first country to perform a planet fly by. They came about 100,000 km away from venus. Unfortunately, no data was returned. -
First Woman in Space
Russian woman, Valentina Tereshkova, was the first woman in space, as of June 16th, 1963 -
First Close-Up Pictures of Mars
USA rocket, Mariner 2 was the first spaceflight to get close-up photographs of mars. -
First Landing on Moon
Russian rocket, Luna 9, was the first rocket to land softly on the moon and get close up photos of the moon. -
The First Crash Into Another Planet
The russian spacecraft, Venera 3, was the first rocket to crash into another planet, (venus). -
First Human on the Moon
Neil Armstrong, an american astronaut, was the first human being to walk on the moon. Apollo 11 was also the first spacecraft to lanch off another planet. -
The First Moon Sample Return
The Russian spacecraft named Luna 16, was the first spacecraft to return with a sample from the moon. -
First Space Station
The first space station was salyut 1, built and operated by the Soviet Union on April 19th, 1971 -
First Soil Samples and Pictures From Mars
USA space rover, Curiosity was the first space rover to get soil samples and surface pictures of mars. -
First Spacecraft Beyond our Solar System
The first spacecraft beyond the borders of our solar system was American, Pioneer 10. -
First Man to Walk Untethered in Space
On February 7th, 1984, Bruce Mcandless was the first human being to float in space untethered. Bruce Mcandless was an american astronaut. -
First Photo of the Whole Solar System
The U.S Voyager 1 was the first spacecraft to get a photo of the entire solar system. -
First Polar Orbit Around the Sun
The first polar orbit around the sun was led by the U.S and Europe. -
The Longest Space Flight
The record-holding duration of being up in space is 437.7 days by the Russian spacestation Mir. -
The First Sample Return From an Asteroid
The first sample return from the asteroid 25143 Itokawa was performed by space probe Hayabusa, by the Japanese. -
First Probe to Make a Planned, Soft Landing on a Comet
Philae, a European probe, was the first probe to make a planned and soft landing on the comet 67P/Churyumov–Gerasimenko on November 12th 2014. -
First Spacecraft to Orbit Two Planets
Dawn, an American spacecraft is the first planet to orbit around two protoplanets, (Vesta, Ceres), on March 6th, 2015. -
The Spacecraft Who had the Last Encounter with Pluto
The American spacecraft, New Horizons, was the spacecraft who had the last encounter with one of the nine major planets in the solar system, Pluto, before it lost it's role as a planet and became a dwarf planet. -
The first Eaten Food that Was Grown in Space
On August 10th, 2015, the first grown food in space was eaten. This was a huge success, because growing fresh food up in space could cut the costs down greatly and provide astronauts on a spacecraft fresh food. Both the American NASA and the Japanese JAXA was involved in this important event.