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First telescopic observation of the night sky
Galileo Galilei was believed to have discovered the four of Jupiter's moons, Lunar craters and the phases of Venus around the 7th of January 1610 although he didn't invent the telescope -
Publication of the principia
The Principia states Newton's laws of motion, Newton's law of universal gravitation, and a derivation of Kepler's laws of planetary motion. This book was first published by Sir Isaac Newton on 5 July 1687 but he revised and corrected it, publishing it again at a later date. -
The first liquid fueled Rockets are launched
In March 1926 around the 16th Robert H. Goddard launches the first liquid fueled rockets. -
The first suborbital flight
In Germany the V-2 rocket, made by Wernher von Braun was launched. It was the first man-made spacecraft to achieve sub-orbital flight. This happened in 1942 around October 3rd. -
First U.S High Altitude Flight
Launched from Proving Ground in New Mexico, a rebuilt German V-2 rocket accomplishes it's first high-altitude space flight, reaching 70 miles of altitude. -
First American Designed Rocket Reaches Space.
The Wac Corporal was the first American designed rocket to be launched from White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico. This happened in 1946 around May 10th. -
First animal in space
The first animals to go into space were fruit flies, the V-2 rocket had several small glass bottles that contained fruit flies. NASA's Ames Research Center explains that since fruit flies and humans are similar they were sent to be tested. This happened in 1947 around Febuary 20th. -
The First Intercontinental Ballistic Missile
The first intercontinental ballistic missile named R7 Senyorka was launched by the Soviet Union. It covered a total distance of 6000 kilometers. This happened in 1957 around August 21st. -
First Artificial Satellite
The USSR launched the world's first artificial satellite, Sputnik. It was able to send radio signals back to earth. Although Sputnik had a short timespan in space it was a major accomplishment. This happened in 1957 around October 4th -
First Live Animal in Space
The Soviet Union launched a spacecraft, Sputnik 2 that had a living dog named Laika. This was the first live animal on space. This happened in 1957 around November 3rd. -
First successful U.S satellite launched into earths orbit
Explorer 1 was the first U.S satellite launched into orbit, it carried a scientific expiriment and discovered the Earth's radiation belt. This happened in 1958 around January 31st. -
First detection of solar wind
In 1959 the first detection of solar wind was made by USSR. The specific date is unknown. -
First photograph of earth from orbit
First photograph of the earth from the earth's orbit by U.S. NASA. This happened in 1959. -
First animals to come back from earths orbit alive
Belka and Strelka, a couple of stray mutts impressed the Soviet space program. because they became the first living creatures to return alive from an orbital flight. -
First manned space flight
On April 12, 1961 soviet cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first person in space when he orbited the Earth in a Vostok spacecraft. -
USA's first Spaceflight with an American
On May 5th 1961 the first American (Alan Shepard Jr.) was on a Spaceflight. -
First Woman in space
On June 16th 1963 the first woman made it into space. Her name was Valentina Vladimirovna Tereshkova and she was selected from more than 400 hundred applicants. -
Space Walk
The first American to go on a spacewalk was Ed White. This was where Ed White was outside of the vehicle. -
First Soft Landing on the Moon
On Febuary 3rd the Soviet Luna 9 spacecraft makes the first controlled rocket-assisted landing on the Moon. It was the first spacecraft to make a soft landing on any planetary body other than the Earth and to transmit photographic data to Earth. -
First human on the moon
On July 21st Neil Armstrong was the first to step on the moon -
First reusable manned spacecraft by U.S
It launched like a rocket, and returned to Earth like a glider. It was designed to carry large payloads — such as satellites — into orbit and bring them back, if necessary, for repairs. -
Venus soil sample is collected
Fifth Soviet craft lands on Venus and is the first to sample planets soil. -
First spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune by U.S. NASA
In 1983 U.S. NASA had the first spacecraft beyond the orbit of Neptune. Voyager 2 got a close up view of Uranus and its moons. -
Space Shuttle Challenger Tragedy
The space shuttle Challenger exploded shortly after liftoff of mission STS-51L, resulting in the loss of the spacecraft and seven crew members. -
First Uranus flyby
Voyager 2 made its closest approach to Uranus on January 24, 1986, coming within 81,500 kilometers of the planet's cloud tops. -
First Neptune flyby
NASA's Voyager 2 spacecraft made the first-ever flyby of Neptune on Aug. 25, 1989. -
First photograph of the whole solar system by U.S. NASA
The Family Portrait, or sometimes Portrait of the Planets, is an image of the Solar System acquired by Voyager 1 from a distance of approximately 6 billion kilometers from Earth. It features individual frames of six planets and a partial background indicating their relative positions. (60 individual frames) -
First polar orbit around the sun
First polar orbit around the Sun was made by Ulysses in 1992 around Febuary 8th. -
First to orbit Jupiter
On December 7th 1995 USA NASA was first to orbit Jupiter. -
The first food grown in space is eaten
First food grown in space was eaten by NASA scientists.
