Space Exploration Timeline

  • Period: to

    1609 - 1957 Timeline

  • 1610

    1610
    In 1610 Galileo Galilei first spotted the moon through a telescope.
  • 1926

    1926
    In 1929 Hermann Oberth launches first personal rocket with his students.
  • 1933

    In 1933 the Soviet Union launches first rocket of there own.
  • 1947

    In 1947 the first animals launched into space (fruit flies) by the U.S.
  • 1957

    1957
    In 1957 the first animal was lunched into orbit, it was a dog named Laika.
  • Period: to

    1958 - 1980 Timeline

  • 1959

    In 1959 the First rocket launched into earths orbit by the USSR.
  • 1960

    In 1960 the first plants and animals to return to earth safely/alive from the Earth's orbit
  • 1963

    1963
    In 1963 the first woman want to space.
  • 1969

    1969
    In 1969 the first human on moon by the U.S. (Apollo 11).
  • 1971

    1971
    In 1971 the first soft landing on Mars and first signals from the surface.
  • 1981

    1981
    In 1981 the first reusable manned spacecraft by U.S.
  • Period: to

    1981-Present

  • 1990

    1990
    In 1990 the first photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
  • 2000

    2000
    In 2000 the first orbit of an asteroid by U.S. NASA.
  • 2001

    In 2001 the first landing on an asteroid by U.S. NASA
  • 2012

    In 2012 NASA rover successfully lands on mars to seek out life-clues by U.S. NASA.