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Publication of Principia
The English astronomer Sir Isaac Newton publishes the Philosophae Naturalis Principia Mathematica. -
First Exposition of Rocket Mechanics
he British mathematician William Moore publishes Treatise on the Motion of Rockets. This work features the first exposition of rocket mechanics based on Newton's third law of motion. -
Goddard's Rocket Patents
U.S. rocket scientist Robert H. Goddard receives two landmark patents for rockets. The first described a multi-stage rocket and the second described a rocket fueled with gasoline and liquid nitrous oxide. -
First Suborbital Flight
After two previous failures, Germany successfully launches their V-2 rocket. It is the first man-made object to achieve sub-orbital spaceflight, -
First U.S. High Altitude Flight
The U.S. military achieves its first high-altitude space flight using a rebuilt German V-2 rocket. Launched from the White Sands Proving Ground in New Mexico, the flight reaches an altitude of 70 miles. -
first human in space
Russian cosmonaut Yuri Gagarin became the first human in space -
First human on the Moon
Neal Armstrong was the first man to step foot on the moon -
Apollo
Apollo 13 was launched. -
the first photo of earth from space
the first widely seen photo of earth form spase was taken at 5:39 by astronauts on Apollo 17 -
Pioneer 11
The U.S. probe Pioneer 11 reached Saturn and began transmitting images -
Space Shuttle Challenger
The Space Shuttle Challenger exploded seconds after liftoff it killed all 7 crew menbers -
started maping Venus sefrice
The Magellan spacecraft began mapping the surface of Venus using radar equipment. -
New Space program
President Bush proposed a new space program that would send humans back to the moon by 2015 and establish a base to Mars and beyond. -
first private space flights
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 space flights
