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Period: to
Space History
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Galileio
Italy
First Telescope -
Parabolic
USA
First parabolic mirror telescope built -
William moore
UK
First exposition of the rocket equation based on Newton's third law of motion: Treatise on the Motion of Rockets -
Robert H. Goddard
USA
Goddard launches the first liquid-fueled rocket -
Harvard 15 inch refractor
USA
First telescope to take pics of moon. -
Sputnik 1
Russia
First artificial satellite in space -
Explorer 1
USA
First US satellite in space -
Luna 2
Russia
First probe to hit moon -
Vostok 1
Russia
First human to orbit earth -
Apollo 11
USA
First man on the moon -
STS-1
USA
First reusable manned spacecraft. -
Astron
USSR and France
Ultraviolet orbital observatory -
Voyager 2
USA
First Uranus flyby -
Radio Astron
Russia
Radio orbital observatory. Largest space observatory ever launched. -
Philae lander
ESA
First manmade probe to land on a comet
